Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS – Get Free Report) and Soluna (NASDAQ:SLNH – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
Risk and Volatility
Nebius Group has a beta of 4.18, meaning that its stock price is 318% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Soluna has a beta of 5.09, meaning that its stock price is 409% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Nebius Group and Soluna’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Nebius Group | 4.55% | -6.03% | -2.24% |
| Soluna | -182.16% | -52.19% | -32.17% |
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Nebius Group | $529.80 million | 100.32 | $82.50 million | ($0.03) | -7,002.00 |
| Soluna | $42.08 million | 4.98 | -$53.41 million | ($1.12) | -0.76 |
Nebius Group has higher revenue and earnings than Soluna. Nebius Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Soluna, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Nebius Group and Soluna, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Nebius Group | 1 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2.76 |
| Soluna | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.50 |
Nebius Group currently has a consensus price target of $245.69, indicating a potential upside of 16.96%. Soluna has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 370.59%. Given Soluna’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Soluna is more favorable than Nebius Group.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
21.9% of Nebius Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.2% of Soluna shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of Soluna shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Nebius Group beats Soluna on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Nebius Group
Nebius Group N.V., a technology company, builds intelligent products and services powered by machine learning and other technologies to help consumers and businesses navigate the online and offline world. The company’s services include Nebius AI, an AI-centric cloud platform that offers infrastructure and computing capability for AI deployment and machine-learning oriented solutions; and Toloka AI that offers generative AI (GenAI) solutions at every stage of the GenAI lifecycle, such as data annotation and generation, model training and fine-tuning, and quality assessment of large language model for accuracy and reliability. It also offers Avride, an autonomous driving solution which targets ride-hailing, logistics, e-commerce, and food/grocery delivery as application domains, as well as focuses on autonomous vehicles and delivery robots; and TripleTen, an EdTech service that prepares specialists for STEM roles, and equipping them with essential technology skills. The company was formerly known as Yandex N.V. and changed its name to Nebius Group N.V. in August 2024. Nebius Group N.V. was founded in 1989 and is based in Schiphol, the Netherlands.
About Soluna
Soluna Holdings, Inc. together with its subsidiaries, engages in the mining of cryptocurrency through data centers. It operates through two segments, Cryptocurrency Mining and Data Center Hosting. The company also operates in the blockchain business. In addition, the company develops and builds modular data centers that use for cryptocurrency mining. Further, it provides data center hosting services, including electrical power and network connectivity to cryptocurrency mining customers. The company was formerly known as Mechanical Technology Inc and as changed to Soluna Holdings, Inc. Soluna Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Albany, New York.
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