MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) versus Prestige Wealth (NASDAQ:PWM) Head to Head Review

Prestige Wealth (NASDAQ:PWM) and MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

7.7% of Prestige Wealth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of MARA shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of MARA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Prestige Wealth and MARA, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Prestige Wealth	0	0	0	0	0.00
MARA	1	5	4	0	2.30

MARA has a consensus price target of $23.33, suggesting a potential downside of 5.88%. Given MARA’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MARA is more favorable than Prestige Wealth.

Profitability

This table compares Prestige Wealth and MARA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Prestige Wealth	N/A	N/A	N/A
MARA	27.48%	-8.40%	-6.92%

Volatility and Risk

Prestige Wealth has a beta of 3.72, suggesting that its share price is 272% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MARA has a beta of 5.63, suggesting that its share price is 463% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Prestige Wealth and MARA”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prestige Wealth	$350,000.00	28.29	-$1.04 million	N/A	N/A
MARA	$387.51 million	20.59	$261.17 million	$0.79	31.38

MARA has higher revenue and earnings than Prestige Wealth.

Summary

MARA beats Prestige Wealth on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Prestige Wealth

Prestige Wealth Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides wealth management and asset management services. It assists its clients in identifying and purchasing wealth and asset management products. The company offers its services primarily for high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, including business owners, executives, heirs of rich families, and other affluent individuals in Asia primarily in the mainland China or Hong Kong. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Central, Hong Kong. Prestige Wealth Inc. is a subsidiary of Prestige Financial Holdings Group Limited.

About MARA

MARA Holdings, Inc. operates as a digital asset technology company that mines digital assets with a focus on the bitcoin ecosystem in United States. The company was formerly known as Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to MARA Holdings, Inc. in August 2024. MARA Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.