Head-To-Head Review: TeraWulf (NASDAQ:WULF) & Mercurity Fintech (NASDAQ:MFH)

Mercurity Fintech (NASDAQ:MFH) and TeraWulf (NASDAQ:WULF) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Mercurity Fintech and TeraWulf, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mercurity Fintech	0	0	0	0	0.00
TeraWulf	0	1	7	2	3.10

TeraWulf has a consensus price target of $8.64, suggesting a potential upside of 71.83%. Given TeraWulf’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TeraWulf is more favorable than Mercurity Fintech.

Risk and Volatility

Mercurity Fintech has a beta of 3.45, suggesting that its stock price is 245% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TeraWulf has a beta of 2.59, suggesting that its stock price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

30.8% of Mercurity Fintech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of TeraWulf shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.8% of Mercurity Fintech shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of TeraWulf shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Mercurity Fintech and TeraWulf’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mercurity Fintech	N/A	N/A	N/A
TeraWulf	-41.88%	-15.91%	-11.67%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Mercurity Fintech and TeraWulf”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mercurity Fintech	$716,863.00	623.69	-$9.36 million	N/A	N/A
TeraWulf	$69.23 million	28.04	-$73.42 million	N/A	N/A

Mercurity Fintech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TeraWulf.

Summary

Mercurity Fintech beats TeraWulf on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mercurity Fintech

Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. operates as a fintech company powered by blockchain. The company provides digital asset trading infrastructure solutions based on internet and blockchain technologies for cryptocurrency traders; and asset digitalization platform, which offers blockchain-based digitalization solutions for traditional assets, such as fiat currencies, bonds, and precious metals. It also offers cryptocurrency mining services that provides computing power to the mining pool; and digital consultation services, such as digital payment solutions, asset management, and online and traditional brokerage services. The company was formerly known as JMU Limited and changed its name to Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. in April 2020. Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About TeraWulf

TeraWulf Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a digital asset technology company in the United States. The company develops, owns, and operates bitcoin mining facilities in New York and Pennsylvania. It is also involved in the provision of miner hosting services to third-party entities. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Easton, Maryland.