Datatec (OTCMKTS:DTTLY – Get Free Report) and Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Datatec and Cipher Mining, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Datatec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cipher Mining | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2.83 |
Cipher Mining has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.62%. Given Cipher Mining’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than Datatec.
Volatility and Risk
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Datatec and Cipher Mining”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Datatec | $3.64 billion | 0.30 | $59.18 million | N/A | N/A |
| Cipher Mining | $223.94 million | 34.34 | -$822.24 million | ($2.33) | -8.07 |
Datatec has higher revenue and earnings than Cipher Mining.
Profitability
This table compares Datatec and Cipher Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Datatec | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Cipher Mining | -427.79% | -117.65% | -24.68% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Cipher Mining 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.
Summary
Cipher Mining beats Datatec on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Datatec
Datatec Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides information and communication technology (ICT) solutions and services worldwide. It operates in four segments: Westcon International, Logicalis International, Logicalis Latin America, and Corporate and Management Consulting. The company distributes cyber security, network infrastructure, unified collaboration products, data centre solutions, and channel services; and offers financing/leasing solutions for ICT customers. It offers solutions through a network of service providers, systems integrators, and specialty resellers under the Westcon and Comstor brands. The company also provides digital services; and strategic, trusted advisory, modeling, and market intelligence services to the telecoms, media, and technology industries. Datatec Limited was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Sandown, South Africa.
About Cipher Mining
Cipher Mining Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and operation of industrial scale bitcoin mining data centers in the United States. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York. Cipher Mining Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Bitfury Holding B.V.
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