Reviewing Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) & 3Tl Technologies (OTCMKTS:TTMZF)

3Tl Technologies (OTCMKTS:TTMZF) and Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for 3Tl Technologies and Cipher Mining, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
3Tl Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
Cipher Mining	1	1	14	0	2.81

Cipher Mining has a consensus target price of $25.11, indicating a potential upside of 64.96%. Given Cipher Mining’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than 3Tl Technologies.

Risk & Volatility

3Tl Technologies has a beta of -12.1, indicating that its stock price is 1,310% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cipher Mining has a beta of 2.95, indicating that its stock price is 195% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares 3Tl Technologies and Cipher Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
3Tl Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cipher Mining	-34.16%	-9.57%	-5.01%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares 3Tl Technologies and Cipher Mining”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
3Tl Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.10)	N/A
Cipher Mining	$151.27 million	39.75	-$44.63 million	($0.18)	-84.56

3Tl Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cipher Mining. Cipher Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3Tl Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cipher Mining beats 3Tl Technologies on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About 3Tl Technologies

Datable Technology Corporation, a technology company, provides consumer digital and social media engagement, data mining, and loyalty solutions for consumer internet advertising sector in Canada and the United States. It operates PLATFORM3, a first-party data collection, analytics, and monetization platform which delivers software as a service technology that allows consumer goods companies to engage customers and build relationships through various value propositions, such as loyalty programs, contests, promotions, and special offers. The company was formerly known as 3Tl Technologies Corp. and changed its name to Datable Technology Corporation in May 2018. Datable Technology Corporation is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

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.