Critical Analysis: Mawson Infrastructure Group (NASDAQ:MIGI) versus Vertiv (NYSE:VRT)

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) and Mawson Infrastructure Group (NASDAQ:MIGI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Risk & Volatility

Vertiv has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mawson Infrastructure Group has a beta of 4.55, indicating that its share price is 355% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Vertiv and Mawson Infrastructure Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vertiv	$8.01 billion	9.24	$495.80 million	$2.65	73.06
Mawson Infrastructure Group	$59.26 million	0.09	-$46.13 million	($12.60)	-0.35

Vertiv has higher revenue and earnings than Mawson Infrastructure Group. Mawson Infrastructure Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vertiv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

89.9% of Vertiv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Mawson Infrastructure Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Vertiv shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Mawson Infrastructure Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Vertiv and Mawson Infrastructure Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vertiv	10.67%	50.82%	14.98%
Mawson Infrastructure Group	-24.28%	N/A	-22.36%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Vertiv and Mawson Infrastructure Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vertiv	1	4	19	1	2.80
Mawson Infrastructure Group	1	2	0	0	1.67

Vertiv currently has a consensus price target of $187.89, suggesting a potential downside of 2.96%. Given Vertiv’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vertiv is more favorable than Mawson Infrastructure Group.

Summary

Vertiv beats Mawson Infrastructure Group on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vertiv

Vertiv Holdings Co, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and services critical digital infrastructure technologies and life cycle services for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It offers AC and DC power management products, switchgear and busbar products, thermal management products, integrated rack systems, modular solutions, and management systems for monitoring and controlling digital infrastructure that are integral to the technologies used for various services, including e-commerce, online banking, file sharing, video on-demand, energy storage, wireless communications, Internet of Things, and online gaming. The company also provides lifecycle management services, predictive analytics, and professional services for deploying, maintaining, and optimizing its products and their related systems; and preventative maintenance, acceptance testing, engineering and consulting, performance assessments, remote monitoring, training, spare parts, and digital critical infrastructure software services. It offers its products primarily under the Vertiv, Liebert, NetSure, Geist, E&I, Powerbar, and Avocent brands. The company serves cloud services, financial services, healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, energy, education, government, social media, and retail industries through a network of direct sales professionals, independent sales representatives, channel partners, and original equipment manufacturers. Vertiv Holdings Co is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio.

About Mawson Infrastructure Group

Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. develops and operates digital infrastructure for digital currency on the bitcoin blockchain network in the United States. It engages in digital currency or bitcoin self-mining, customer co-location and related services, and energy markets, as well as operates data center facilities. The company is based in Midland, Pennsylvania.