Reviewing alpha-En (OTCMKTS:ALPE) and Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR)

alpha-En (OTCMKTS:ALPE) and Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.7% of alpha-En shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for alpha-En and Cipher Mining, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
alpha-En	0	0	0	0	0.00
Cipher Mining	1	2	12	0	2.73

Cipher Mining has a consensus target price of $16.68, indicating a potential downside of 20.68%. Given alpha-En’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe alpha-En is more favorable than Cipher Mining.

Profitability

This table compares alpha-En and Cipher Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
alpha-En	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cipher Mining	-96.95%	-21.71%	-17.29%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares alpha-En and Cipher Mining”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
alpha-En	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cipher Mining	$151.27 million	54.68	-$44.63 million	($0.43)	-48.91

alpha-En has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cipher Mining.

Summary

alpha-En beats Cipher Mining on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About alpha-En

alpha-En Corporation, a development stage company, focuses on developing technologies for commercial manufacturing lithium metal for use in low-weight and high energy-density batteries; and compounds of lithium. The company was formerly known as Avenue Entertainment Group, Inc. and changed its name to alpha-En Corporation in July 2008. alpha-En Corporation was founded in 1969 and is based in Yonkers, New York.

About Cipher Mining

Cipher Mining Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and operation of industrial scale bitcoin mining data centers in the United States. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York. Cipher Mining Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Bitfury Holding B.V.