Comparing CFN Enterprises (OTCMKTS:CNFN) & Sphere 3D (NASDAQ:ANY)

CFN Enterprises (OTCMKTS:CNFN) and Sphere 3D (NASDAQ:ANY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and risk.

Volatility and Risk

CFN Enterprises has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sphere 3D has a beta of 3.54, suggesting that its stock price is 254% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

17.3% of Sphere 3D shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.8% of CFN Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Sphere 3D shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for CFN Enterprises and Sphere 3D, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CFN Enterprises	0	0	0	0	0.00
Sphere 3D	1	0	1	0	2.00

Sphere 3D has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 761.82%. Given Sphere 3D’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sphere 3D is more favorable than CFN Enterprises.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CFN Enterprises and Sphere 3D”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CFN Enterprises	$20.22 million	0.67	-$4.29 million	($1.14)	-1.38
Sphere 3D	$16.61 million	0.71	-$9.47 million	($0.77)	-0.45

CFN Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Sphere 3D. CFN Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sphere 3D, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares CFN Enterprises and Sphere 3D’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CFN Enterprises	-24.61%	N/A	-120.05%
Sphere 3D	-167.47%	-61.18%	-56.57%

Summary

Sphere 3D beats CFN Enterprises on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CFN Enterprises

CFN Enterprises Inc. engages in the sponsored content and marketing business in the United States. The company sets up and manages compliant and turnkey ad campaigns, as well as runs sponsored content, including articles, press releases, videos, podcasts, advertisements and other media, email advertisements, and other marketing campaigns for public and private companies. It also operates various media platforms, including CannabisFN.com, CFNMediaNews.com, and other venues to educate and inform investors interested in the cannabis industry; and distributes content across various online platforms, such as the CannabisFN.com website, press releases, financial news syndicates, search engines, YouTube, iTunes, Instagram, X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and others. In addition, the company is involved in the white label manufacturing and co-packing business; and cannabidiol manufacturing business. It serves cannabis, hemp, and wellness industries. The company was formerly known as Accelerize Inc. and changed its name to CFN Enterprises Inc. in October 2019. CFN Enterprises Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Whitefish, Montana.

About Sphere 3D

Sphere 3D Corp. engages in the bitcoin mining business. It is involved with digital asset mining pool operators to provide computing power to the mining pools. The company is based in Stamford, Connecticut.