Samsara (NYSE:IOT) versus Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) Critical Contrast

Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) and Samsara (NYSE:IOT) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Cipher Mining and Samsara, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cipher Mining	1	3	15	1	2.80
Samsara	0	6	14	2	2.82

Cipher Mining currently has a consensus target price of $28.65, suggesting a potential upside of 317.60%. Samsara has a consensus target price of $51.68, suggesting a potential upside of 23.74%. Given Cipher Mining’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than Samsara.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Samsara shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Cipher Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.1% of Samsara shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cipher Mining and Samsara”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cipher Mining	$223.94 million	12.71	-$822.24 million	($2.86)	-2.40
Samsara	$1.62 billion	15.11	-$9.12 million	$0.16	261.04

Samsara has higher revenue and earnings than Cipher Mining. Cipher Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Samsara, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Cipher Mining and Samsara’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cipher Mining	-585.75%	-156.28%	-21.29%
Samsara	4.90%	4.13%	2.35%

Volatility and Risk

Cipher Mining has a beta of 3.2, suggesting that its stock price is 220% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Samsara has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Samsara beats Cipher Mining on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cipher Mining

Cipher Mining Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and operation of industrial scale bitcoin mining data centers in the United States. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York. Cipher Mining Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Bitfury Holding B.V.

About Samsara

Samsara Inc. provides solutions that connects physical operations data to its connected operations cloud in the United States and internationally. The company's Connected Operations Cloud includes Data Platform, which ingests, aggregates, and enriches data from its IoT devices and has embedded capabilities for AI, workflows and analytics, alerts, API connections, and data security and privacy. Its applications include video-based safety that enables customers to build a safety program and protect their teams with AI-enabled video; vehicle telematics which provides visibility into real-time vehicle location and diagnostics with GPS tracking, routing and dispatch, fuel efficiency management, electric vehicle usage and charge planning, preventative maintenance, and insights to manage fuel and energy costs; and mobile apps and workflows that improves productivity for frontline workers and enables regulatory compliance for workers to see upcoming jobs, capture electronic documents, perform maintenance inspections, maintain compliance logs, and message with back-office administration. The company also provides equipment monitoring which offers visibility and management of unpowered and powered assets, ranging from generators and compressors to heavy construction equipment and trailers to improve operating efficiency, prevent unplanned downtime, and avoid critical safety and compliance issues; and site visibility that provides remote visibility into sites to improve onsite security, safety, and incident response times. It serves transportation, wholesale and retail trade, construction, field services, logistics, utilities and energy, healthcare and education, manufacturing, food and beverage, and other industries, as well as government. Samsara Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.