Comparing Perella Weinberg Partners (NASDAQ:PWP) & MARA (NASDAQ:MARA)

Perella Weinberg Partners (NASDAQ:PWP) and MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Perella Weinberg Partners and MARA”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Perella Weinberg Partners	$648.65 million	3.32	-$17.22 million	($2.37)	-10.57
MARA	$564.95 million	11.31	$261.17 million	$0.79	27.47

MARA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Perella Weinberg Partners. Perella Weinberg Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MARA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Perella Weinberg Partners has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MARA has a beta of 5.52, meaning that its share price is 452% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Perella Weinberg Partners and MARA, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Perella Weinberg Partners	1	0	2	0	2.33
MARA	1	3	4	0	2.38

Perella Weinberg Partners presently has a consensus price target of $18.83, indicating a potential downside of 24.82%. MARA has a consensus price target of $21.57, indicating a potential downside of 0.59%. Given MARA’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MARA is more favorable than Perella Weinberg Partners.

Profitability

This table compares Perella Weinberg Partners and MARA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perella Weinberg Partners	-11.09%	80.95%	10.75%
MARA	27.48%	-8.98%	-7.50%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

41.1% of Perella Weinberg Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of MARA shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.5% of Perella Weinberg Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of MARA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

MARA beats Perella Weinberg Partners on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Perella Weinberg Partners

Perella Weinberg Partners, an independent investment banking company, provides strategic and financial advice services in the United States and internationally. The company offers advisory services related to strategic and financial decisions, mergers and acquisition execution, shareholder and defense advisory, and financing and capital solutions advice with resources focused on restructuring, liability management, and capital markets advisory, as well as underwriting and research services primarily for the energy and related industries. It serves public multinational corporations, mid-sized public and private companies, financial sponsors, individual entrepreneurs, private and institutional investors, creditor committees, and government institutions in consumer and retail; energy and energy transition; financial services and FinTech; healthcare; industrials and infrastructure; and technology, telecommunication, and media industries. Perella Weinberg Partners is headquartered in New York, New York.

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.