Critical Contrast: SOS (NYSE:SOS) versus Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ:BTDR)

Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ:BTDR) and SOS (NYSE:SOS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Bitdeer Technologies Group and SOS, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bitdeer Technologies Group	0	0	10	1	3.09
SOS	0	0	0	0	0.00

Bitdeer Technologies Group presently has a consensus price target of $14.80, suggesting a potential upside of 21.01%. Given Bitdeer Technologies Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Bitdeer Technologies Group is more favorable than SOS.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bitdeer Technologies Group and SOS”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bitdeer Technologies Group	$368.55 million	3.72	-$56.66 million	($0.52)	-23.52
SOS	$92.42 million	0.10	-$3.65 million	N/A	N/A

SOS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bitdeer Technologies Group.

Risk & Volatility

Bitdeer Technologies Group has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SOS has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

22.3% of Bitdeer Technologies Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of SOS shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of SOS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Bitdeer Technologies Group and SOS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bitdeer Technologies Group	-18.27%	-14.47%	-8.07%
SOS	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Bitdeer Technologies Group beats SOS on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bitdeer Technologies Group

Bitdeer Technologies Group operates as a technology company for blockchain and computing. It offers hash rate sharing solutions, including Cloud hash rate and Hash rate marketplace; and a one-stop mining machine hosting solutions encompassing deployment, maintenance, and management services for efficient cryptocurrency mining; as well as mines cryptocurrencies for its own account. The company also operates mining datacenters to generate hash rate; handles various processes involved in computing, such as equipment procurement, transport logistics, datacenter design and construction, equipment management, and daily operations; and sells mining machines. The company is headquartered in Singapore.

About SOS

SOS Limited provides data mining and analysis services to corporate and individual members in the People's Republic of China. It provides marketing data, technology, and solutions for insurance companies; emergency rescue services; and insurance product and health care information portals. The company operates SOS cloud emergency rescue service software as a service platform that offers basic cloud products, such as medical rescue, auto rescue, financial rescue, and life rescue cards; cooperative cloud systems, including information rescue center, intelligent big data, and intelligent software and hardware; and information cloud systems, such as newsToday and E-commerce Today, 10086 hot-line center, information security services, and marketing-related data. It also focuses on cryptocurrency mining, blockchain-based insurance, and security management businesses. The company serves insurance companies, financial institutions, medical institutions, healthcare providers, and other service providers in the emergency rescue services industry. The company is based in Qingdao, the People's Republic of China.