Critical Comparison: HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ:HIVE) and Emergent Capital (OTCMKTS:EMGCQ)

HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ:HIVE) and Emergent Capital (OTCMKTS:EMGCQ) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for HIVE Digital Technologies and Emergent Capital, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HIVE Digital Technologies	1	1	6	0	2.63
Emergent Capital	0	0	0	0	0.00

HIVE Digital Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $8.21, indicating a potential upside of 136.72%. Given HIVE Digital Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe HIVE Digital Technologies is more favorable than Emergent Capital.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

24.4% of HIVE Digital Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of HIVE Digital Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.9% of Emergent Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares HIVE Digital Technologies and Emergent Capital”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HIVE Digital Technologies	$115.28 million	7.41	-$3.00 million	($0.21)	-16.52
Emergent Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Emergent Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HIVE Digital Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares HIVE Digital Technologies and Emergent Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HIVE Digital Technologies	-16.18%	-14.15%	-12.55%
Emergent Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

HIVE Digital Technologies beats Emergent Capital on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About HIVE Digital Technologies

HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. operates as a cryptocurrency mining company in Canada, Sweden, and Iceland. The company engages in the mining and sale of digital currencies, including Ethereum Classic, Bitcoin, and other coins. It also operates data centers; and offers infrastructure solutions. The company was formerly known as HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd. and changed its name to HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. in July 2023. HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About Emergent Capital

Emergent Capital, Inc., a specialty finance company, invests in life settlements. As of August 31, 2020, it owned a portfolio of 500 life insurance policies. The company was formerly known as Imperial Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Emergent Capital, Inc. in September 2015. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida. On October 15, 2020, Emergent Capital, Inc., along with its affiliate, filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.