Head-To-Head Review: Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) vs. BTC Digital (NASDAQ:BTCT)

BTC Digital (NASDAQ:BTCT) and Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for BTC Digital and Core Scientific, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BTC Digital	0	0	0	0	0.00
Core Scientific	0	0	15	1	3.06

Core Scientific has a consensus target price of $19.07, indicating a potential upside of 138.33%. Given Core Scientific’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Core Scientific is more favorable than BTC Digital.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

7.3% of BTC Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of BTC Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Core Scientific shares are owned by company 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 BTC Digital and Core Scientific’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BTC Digital	N/A	N/A	N/A
Core Scientific	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

BTC Digital has a beta of 2.73, indicating that its stock price is 173% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core Scientific has a beta of 6.83, indicating that its stock price is 583% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares BTC Digital and Core Scientific”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BTC Digital	$8.48 million	1.53	-$2.82 million	N/A	N/A
Core Scientific	$510.67 million	4.61	-$1.62 billion	($5.50)	-1.45

BTC Digital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Core Scientific.

Summary

Core Scientific beats BTC Digital on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BTC Digital

BTC Digital Ltd. a crypto asset technology company engages in bitcoin mining business. It is also involved in mining machines resale and rental business. The company was formerly known as Meten Holding Group Ltd. and changed its name to BTC Digital Ltd. in August 2023. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

About Core Scientific

Core Scientific, Inc. provides digital asset mining services in North America. It operates through two segments, Mining and Hosting. The company offers blockchain infrastructure, software solutions, and services; and operates data center mining facilities. It also mines digital assets for its own account; and provides hosting services for other large bitcoin miners, which include deployment, monitoring, trouble shooting, optimization, and maintenance of its customers' digital asset mining equipment. In addition, the company provides electrical power, repair, and other infrastructure services to operate, maintain, and earn digital assets; and sells mining equipment to customers. Core Scientific, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Dover, Delaware.