Cleanspark (NASDAQ:CLSK) & AGM Group (NASDAQ:AGMH) Financial Review

AGM Group (NASDAQ:AGMH) and Cleanspark (NASDAQ:CLSK) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for AGM Group and Cleanspark, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AGM Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Cleanspark	1	1	12	1	2.87

AGM Group currently has a consensus target price of $5.77, suggesting a potential upside of 243.45%. Cleanspark has a consensus target price of $22.98, suggesting a potential upside of 108.16%. Given AGM Group’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AGM Group is more favorable than Cleanspark.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

43.1% of Cleanspark shares are held by institutional investors. 34.9% of AGM Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Cleanspark shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

AGM Group has a beta of 2.24, suggesting that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cleanspark has a beta of 3.47, suggesting that its share price is 247% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares AGM Group and Cleanspark’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGM Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cleanspark	47.56%	11.42%	8.02%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares AGM Group and Cleanspark”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AGM Group	$32.04 million	0.17	$3.12 million	N/A	N/A
Cleanspark	$766.31 million	3.68	$364.46 million	$1.11	9.95

Cleanspark has higher revenue and earnings than AGM Group.

Summary

Cleanspark beats AGM Group on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AGM Group

AGM Group Holdings Inc. operates as a technology company, engages in the research and development of blockchain-oriented ASIC chip in Singapore, Hong Kong, and China. The company offers MetaTrader 5, a futures trading solution; and foreign exchange trading system that provides services to financial institutions. It also engages in the research and development, manufacture, and sales of technology hardware. In addition, the company sells cryptocurrency mining machine and standardized computing equipment, and technical support plans, as well as delivers fintech software services. AGM Group Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

About Cleanspark

CleanSpark, Inc. operates as a bitcoin miner in the Americas. It owns and operates data centers that primarily run on low-carbon power. Its infrastructure supports Bitcoin, a digital commodity and a tool for financial independence and inclusion. The company was formerly known as Stratean Inc. and changed its name to CleanSpark, Inc. in November 2016. CleanSpark, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Henderson, Nevada.