Reviewing CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK) & 9F (NASDAQ:JFU)

9F (NASDAQ:JFU) and CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for 9F and CleanSpark, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
9F	0	0	0	0	0.00
CleanSpark	0	0	8	0	3.00

CleanSpark has a consensus price target of $22.25, indicating a potential upside of 185.62%. Given CleanSpark’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CleanSpark is more favorable than 9F.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares 9F and CleanSpark”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
9F	$295.14 million	0.06	-$19.75 million	N/A	N/A
CleanSpark	$467.49 million	4.68	-$145.78 million	$0.11	70.82

9F has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CleanSpark.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

43.1% of CleanSpark shares are held by institutional investors. 53.9% of 9F shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of CleanSpark shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares 9F and CleanSpark’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
9F	N/A	N/A	N/A
CleanSpark	16.07%	-2.61%	-2.24%

Risk and Volatility

9F has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CleanSpark has a beta of 4.24, indicating that its share price is 324% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CleanSpark beats 9F on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About 9F

9F Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates internet securities service platform in the People's Republic of China. The company operates through three segments: Technology Empowerment Services, E-commerce business, and Wealth Management. Its products include digital financial accounts that offer online lending, wealth management, and payment facilitation services; revolving and non-revolving loan products to borrowers, as well as traffic referral services to financial institution partners; and a suite of online wealth management products, such as fixed income products, stocks, insurance, bank wealth management products, and mutual funds to investors in various platforms, including Wukong Licai, 9F Wallet, and 9F Puhui. The company also provides payment facilitation and other products and services that help users to pay credit card bills and household bills comprising utility bills; and other value-added services consisting of credit history search, debt consolidation, and user referral services. In addition, it offers technology empowerment services to banking, automobile, securities investment, and insurance industries; and engages in E-commerce business, which offers various categories of merchandise, including 3C products, beauty and skin care products, food, household appliances, and liquor and beverages. It provides its services to borrowers, investors, and financial institutions partners. The company was formerly known as JIUFU Financial Technology Service Limited and changed its name to 9F Inc. in June 2014. 9F Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

About CleanSpark

CleanSpark, Inc. operates as a bitcoin miner in the Americas. It owns and operates data centers that primarily run on low-carbon power. Its infrastructure supports Bitcoin, a digital commodity and a tool for financial independence and inclusion. The company was formerly known as Stratean Inc. and changed its name to CleanSpark, Inc. in November 2016. CleanSpark, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Henderson, Nevada.