Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ – Get Free Report) and Primis Financial (NASDAQ:FRST – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Core Scientific and Primis Financial”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Core Scientific | $354.74 million | 21.69 | -$288.62 million | ($1.14) | -21.24 |
| Primis Financial | $277.00 million | 1.24 | $61.44 million | $2.12 | 6.52 |
Profitability
This table compares Core Scientific and Primis Financial’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Core Scientific | -342.42% | N/A | -50.92% |
| Primis Financial | 19.71% | 4.98% | 0.50% |
Risk and Volatility
Core Scientific has a beta of 5.45, meaning that its share price is 445% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primis Financial has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for Core Scientific and Primis Financial, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Core Scientific | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 2.71 |
| Primis Financial | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 |
Core Scientific presently has a consensus target price of $28.14, suggesting a potential upside of 16.24%. Primis Financial has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.01%. Given Primis Financial’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Primis Financial is more favorable than Core Scientific.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
75.0% of Primis Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Core Scientific shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Primis Financial shares are held by company 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.
Summary
Primis Financial beats Core Scientific on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Primis Financial
Primis Financial Corp. operates as the bank holding company for Primis Bank that provides a range of financial services to individuals and small and medium sized businesses in the United States. Its deposit products include checking, NOW, savings, and money market accounts, as well as certificates of deposits. The company also provides commercial business and real estate, construction, secured asset based, small business administration, mortgage warehouse lending products, as well as financing for medical, dental, and veterinary businesses; residential mortgage, trust mortgage, home equity lines of credit, secured and unsecured personal, and consumer loans, as well as life insurance premium financing and demand loans. It also offers cash management services comprising investment/sweep, zero balance, and controlled disbursement accounts; and wire transfer, employer/payroll processing, night depository, depository transfer, merchant, ACH origination, and remote deposit capture services. In addition, the company provides debit cards, ATM services, notary services, and mobile and online banking. It operates full-service branches in Virginia and Maryland. The company was formerly known as Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. and changed its name to Primis Financial Corp. Primis Financial Corp. was founded in 2004 and is based in McLean, Virginia.
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