Critical Review: MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) and Cosmos Group (OTCMKTS:COSG)

Cosmos Group (OTCMKTS:COSG) and MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cosmos Group and MARA”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cosmos Group	$620,000.00	0.74	-$77.34 million	N/A	N/A
MARA	$656.38 million	5.95	$261.17 million	$1.36	8.31

MARA has higher revenue and earnings than Cosmos Group.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

44.5% of MARA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Cosmos Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of MARA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Cosmos Group and MARA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cosmos Group	N/A	N/A	-78.39%
MARA	27.48%	-8.40%	-6.92%

Volatility & Risk

Cosmos Group has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MARA has a beta of 6.09, meaning that its stock price is 509% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Cosmos Group and MARA, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cosmos Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
MARA	0	6	5	0	2.45

MARA has a consensus price target of $22.80, indicating a potential upside of 101.77%. Given MARA’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MARA is more favorable than Cosmos Group.

Summary

MARA beats Cosmos Group on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cosmos Group

Cosmos Group Holdings Inc. focuses on the physical artworks and collectibles business in Hong Kong and internationally. It operates online platform to sell and distribute the arts and collectibles to end-users with the use of blockchain technologies and minting tokens. The company is based in Singapore.

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.