Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) vs. Mercurity Fintech (NASDAQ:MFH) Financial Contrast

Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) and Mercurity Fintech (NASDAQ:MFH) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Core Scientific and Mercurity Fintech, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Core Scientific	0	0	13	1	3.07
Mercurity Fintech	0	0	0	0	0.00

Core Scientific currently has a consensus price target of $18.38, suggesting a potential upside of 3.81%. Given Core Scientific’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Core Scientific is more favorable than Mercurity Fintech.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Core Scientific and Mercurity Fintech”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Core Scientific	$557.68 million	8.87	-$1.51 billion	($5.41)	-3.27
Mercurity Fintech	$445,928.00	831.98	-$9.36 million	N/A	N/A

Mercurity Fintech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Core Scientific.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

30.8% of Mercurity Fintech shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of Core Scientific shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 62.8% of Mercurity Fintech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Core Scientific and Mercurity Fintech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Core Scientific	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mercurity Fintech	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Core Scientific beats Mercurity Fintech on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Core Scientific

Core Scientific, Inc. provides digital asset mining services in North America. It operates through two segments, Mining and Hosting. The company offers blockchain infrastructure, software solutions, and services; and operates data center mining facilities. It also mines digital assets for its own account; and provides hosting services for other large bitcoin miners, which include deployment, monitoring, trouble shooting, optimization, and maintenance of its customers' digital asset mining equipment. In addition, the company provides electrical power, repair, and other infrastructure services to operate, maintain, and earn digital assets; and sells mining equipment to customers. Core Scientific, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Dover, Delaware.

About Mercurity Fintech

Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. operates as a fintech company powered by blockchain. The company provides digital asset trading infrastructure solutions based on internet and blockchain technologies for cryptocurrency traders; and asset digitalization platform, which offers blockchain-based digitalization solutions for traditional assets, such as fiat currencies, bonds, and precious metals. It also offers cryptocurrency mining services that provides computing power to the mining pool; and digital consultation services, such as digital payment solutions, asset management, and online and traditional brokerage services. The company was formerly known as JMU Limited and changed its name to Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. in April 2020. Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, New York.