Critical Contrast: Tokens.com (OTC:SMURF) & Stronghold Digital Mining (NASDAQ:SDIG)

Tokens.com (OTC:SMURF) and Stronghold Digital Mining (NASDAQ:SDIG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

19.3% of Stronghold Digital Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.5% of Stronghold Digital Mining shares are owned by 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Tokens.com and Stronghold Digital Mining”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tokens.com	$740,000.00	17.31	-$10.14 million	-0.01	-10.59
Stronghold Digital Mining	$86.09 million	0.76	-$71.40 million	($4.72)	-0.90

Tokens.com has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stronghold Digital Mining. Tokens.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stronghold Digital Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Tokens.com and Stronghold Digital Mining, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tokens.com	0	0	0	0	N/A
Stronghold Digital Mining	0	2	1	0	2.33

Stronghold Digital Mining has a consensus price target of $6.17, suggesting a potential upside of 44.42%. Given Stronghold Digital Mining’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stronghold Digital Mining is more favorable than Tokens.com.

Profitability

This table compares Tokens.com and Stronghold Digital Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tokens.com	-454.36%	-40.05%	-36.93%
Stronghold Digital Mining	-7.61%	40.15%	12.99%

Summary

Stronghold Digital Mining beats Tokens.com on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tokens.com

Tokens.com Corp. provides blockchain verification services through proof-of-stake technology. The company's technology secures blockchain networks through proof-of-stake technology to support the growth of decentralized finance applications. It also provides web3 technology services for metaverses, non-fungible tokens, and ecomm3, as well as consulting services; and builds web3 games. Tokens.com Corp. is based in Toronto, Canada.

About Stronghold Digital Mining

Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc., a crypto asset mining company, focuses on Bitcoin mining in the United States. It operates in two segments, Energy Operations and Cryptocurrency Operations. It also owns and operates coal refuse power generation facilities; and provides environmental remediation and reclamation services. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in New York, New York.