Reviewing Cleanspark (NASDAQ:CLSK) and Lion Group (NASDAQ:LGHL)

Cleanspark (NASDAQ:CLSK) and Lion Group (NASDAQ:LGHL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

43.1% of Cleanspark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lion Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Cleanspark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Lion Group shares are held by 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 Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Cleanspark and Lion Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cleanspark	1	1	12	1	2.87
Lion Group	1	0	0	0	1.00

Cleanspark presently has a consensus price target of $22.98, suggesting a potential upside of 94.09%. Given Cleanspark’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cleanspark is more favorable than Lion Group.

Profitability

This table compares Cleanspark and Lion Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cleanspark	47.56%	11.42%	8.02%
Lion Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Cleanspark has a beta of 3.47, suggesting that its share price is 247% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lion Group has a beta of 2.57, suggesting that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cleanspark and Lion Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cleanspark	$766.31 million	3.95	$364.46 million	$1.11	10.67
Lion Group	-$40.95 million	0.00	-$27.45 million	N/A	N/A

Cleanspark has higher revenue and earnings than Lion Group.

Summary

Cleanspark beats Lion Group on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cleanspark

CleanSpark, Inc. operates as a bitcoin miner in the Americas. It owns and operates data centers that primarily run on low-carbon power. Its infrastructure supports Bitcoin, a digital commodity and a tool for financial independence and inclusion. The company was formerly known as Stratean Inc. and changed its name to CleanSpark, Inc. in November 2016. CleanSpark, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Henderson, Nevada.

About Lion Group

Lion Group Holding Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates a trading platform for corporate clients, individual traders, and retail investors primarily in the People's Republic of China and Southeast Asia. Its trading platform offers a range of products and services comprising contracts for difference trading, over-the-counter stock options trading, futures and securities brokerage, and total return swap trading services through its Lion Brokers Pro app platform. The company's trading platform allows users to trade various futures products on futures exchanges worldwide, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Singapore Exchange, the Hong Kong Futures Exchange, and Eurex Exchange; stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and Hong Kong Stock Exchange; and the People's Republic of China stocks listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange that are eligible for the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programs. It markets its products mainly through search engines, social media, app stores, and third-party websites. Lion Group Holding Ltd. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Singapore.