Financial Review: RocketFuel Blockchain (OTCMKTS:RKFL) vs. Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ)

Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) and RocketFuel Blockchain (OTCMKTS:RKFL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

7.2% of RocketFuel Blockchain shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of Core Scientific shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.7% of RocketFuel Blockchain shares are held 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.

Profitability

This table compares Core Scientific and RocketFuel Blockchain’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
RocketFuel Blockchain	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Core Scientific and RocketFuel Blockchain”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	7.04	-$1.51 billion	($5.41)	-2.60
RocketFuel Blockchain	$200,000.00	0.00	-$3.78 million	N/A	N/A

RocketFuel Blockchain has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Core Scientific.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Core Scientific and RocketFuel Blockchain, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Core Scientific	0	0	13	1	3.07
RocketFuel Blockchain	0	0	0	0	0.00

Core Scientific currently has a consensus target price of $18.46, indicating a potential upside of 31.40%. Given Core Scientific’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Core Scientific is more favorable than RocketFuel Blockchain.

Summary

Core Scientific beats RocketFuel Blockchain on 6 of the 8 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 RocketFuel Blockchain

RocketFuel Blockchain, Inc. provides payment and check-out systems for shoppers on e-commerce sites using cryptocurrencies, bitcoin, and direct bank transfers. It also offers payout solutions, cross-border B2B transfer solutions, and other solutions, as well as invoicing and crypto payments services. The company has a strategic partnership with ACI Worldwide, Inc. to offer the cryptocurrency payment solution available to customers through ACI portals. RocketFuel Blockchain, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.