Bitfarms (NASDAQ:BITF) & Vontier (NYSE:VNT) Head-To-Head Review

Bitfarms (NASDAQ:BITF) and Vontier (NYSE:VNT) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Bitfarms and Vontier, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bitfarms	1	1	7	0	2.67
Vontier	1	2	7	0	2.60

Bitfarms currently has a consensus price target of $4.04, indicating a potential upside of 73.46%. Vontier has a consensus price target of $47.63, indicating a potential upside of 16.05%. Given Bitfarms’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bitfarms is more favorable than Vontier.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

20.6% of Bitfarms shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Vontier shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Bitfarms shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Vontier shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Bitfarms has a beta of 3.81, meaning that its stock price is 281% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vontier has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Bitfarms and Vontier’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bitfarms	-48.26%	-4.48%	-3.71%
Vontier	13.20%	39.25%	10.83%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bitfarms and Vontier”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bitfarms	$192.88 million	7.27	-$138.36 million	($0.23)	-10.13
Vontier	$3.08 billion	1.89	$406.10 million	$2.76	14.87

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

Summary

Vontier beats Bitfarms on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bitfarms

Bitfarms Ltd. engages in the mining of cryptocurrency coins and tokens in Canada, the United States, Paraguay, and Argentina. It owns and operates server farms that primarily validates transactions on the Bitcoin Blockchain and earning cryptocurrency from block rewards and transaction fees. The company also provides electrician services to commercial and residential customers in Quebec, Canada. It also undertakes hosting of third-party mining hardware. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

About Vontier

Vontier Corporation provides mobility ecosystem solutions worldwide. The company operates through Mobility Technologies, Repair Solutions, and Environmental and Fueling Solutions segments. The Mobility Technologies segment provides digitally equipment solutions for mobility ecosystem, such as point-of-sale and payment systems, workflow automation, telematics, data analytics, software platform, and integrated solutions for alternative fuel dispensing. The Repair Solutions segment manufactures and distributes vehicle repair tools, toolboxes, automotive diagnostic equipment and software through mobile franchise network. The Environmental and Fueling Solutions segment offers environmental, fueling hardware, software, and aftermarket solutions for fueling infrastructures. It also offers a range of solutions, including environmental sensors; fueling equipment; field payment hardware; point-of sale, workflow, and monitoring software; vehicle tracking and fleet management; software solutions for EV charging; and vehicle mechanics, and technicians equipment. The company markets its products and services to retail and commercial fueling, convenience store, and car wash operators; commercial vehicle repair businesses, fleet owners/operators and electric vehicle charging network operators, as well as direct sales personnel and independent distributors. It serves customers in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and Latin America. Vontier Corporation was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.