Contrasting Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) and TeraWulf (NASDAQ:WULF)

Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) and TeraWulf (NASDAQ:WULF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Brookfield Asset Management and TeraWulf, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Asset Management	2	9	6	1	2.33
TeraWulf	1	1	13	0	2.80

Brookfield Asset Management presently has a consensus price target of $60.21, indicating a potential upside of 23.66%. TeraWulf has a consensus price target of $28.95, indicating a potential upside of 13.25%. Given Brookfield Asset Management’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Brookfield Asset Management is more favorable than TeraWulf.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of TeraWulf shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of TeraWulf shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TeraWulf has a beta of 3.84, suggesting that its share price is 284% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Brookfield Asset Management and TeraWulf’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Asset Management	49.69%	30.66%	16.22%
TeraWulf	-611.46%	-305.07%	-8.42%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Brookfield Asset Management and TeraWulf”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Asset Management	$4.77 billion	16.72	$2.49 billion	$1.54	31.61
TeraWulf	$168.46 million	75.19	-$661.42 million	($2.48)	-10.31

Brookfield Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than TeraWulf. TeraWulf is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Asset Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Brookfield Asset Management beats TeraWulf on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Brookfield Asset Management

Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. is a real estate investment firm specializing in alternative asset management services. Its renewable power and transition business includes the operates in the hydroelectric, wind, solar, distributed generation, and sustainable solution sector. The company's infrastructure business engages in the utilities, transport, midstream, and data infrastructure sectors. In addition, its private equity business offers industrial, infrastructure, and business services sectors; and real estate business, which includes housing, logistics, hospitality, science and innovation, office, and retail sectors. Further, it provides credit business; and insurance solution in the reinsurance, annuities, operating platform, and investment solutions sectors. Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. was incorporated in 2022 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About TeraWulf

TeraWulf Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a digital asset technology company in the United States. The company develops, owns, and operates bitcoin mining facilities in New York and Pennsylvania. It is also involved in the provision of miner hosting services to third-party entities. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Easton, Maryland.