Kyndryl (NYSE:KD – Get Free Report) and Soluna (NASDAQ:SLNH – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares Kyndryl and Soluna’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kyndryl | 1.65% | 25.91% | 3.10% |
| Soluna | -274.18% | -170.50% | -63.47% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Kyndryl and Soluna, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kyndryl | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Soluna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
71.5% of Kyndryl shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.2% of Soluna shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Kyndryl shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Soluna shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Kyndryl and Soluna”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kyndryl | $15.06 billion | 0.19 | $251.00 million | $1.05 | 11.93 |
| Soluna | $38.02 million | 1.62 | -$63.33 million | ($8.86) | -0.10 |
Kyndryl has higher revenue and earnings than Soluna. Soluna is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kyndryl, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
Kyndryl has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Soluna has a beta of 4.56, suggesting that its stock price is 356% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kyndryl beats Soluna on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Kyndryl
Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. operates as a technology services company and IT infrastructure services provider worldwide. The company offers cloud services; core enterprise and zCloud services; application, data, and artificial intelligence services; digital workplace services; security and resiliency services; and network services and edge services. It serves financial, communications, retail and travel, and automotive industries. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About Soluna
Soluna Holdings, Inc. together with its subsidiaries, engages in the mining of cryptocurrency through data centers. It operates through two segments, Cryptocurrency Mining and Data Center Hosting. The company also operates in the blockchain business. In addition, the company develops and builds modular data centers that use for cryptocurrency mining. Further, it provides data center hosting services, including electrical power and network connectivity to cryptocurrency mining customers. The company was formerly known as Mechanical Technology Inc and as changed to Soluna Holdings, Inc. Soluna Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Albany, New York.
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