Financial Review: CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) & Soluna (NASDAQ:SLNH)

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) and Soluna (NASDAQ:SLNH) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for CoreWeave and Soluna, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CoreWeave	3	9	23	0	2.57
Soluna	1	1	1	1	2.50

CoreWeave presently has a consensus price target of $140.64, suggesting a potential upside of 71.34%. Soluna has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 344.44%. Given Soluna’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Soluna is more favorable than CoreWeave.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

23.2% of Soluna shares are held by institutional investors. 24.2% of CoreWeave shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Soluna shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

CoreWeave has a beta of 7.36, indicating that its share price is 636% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Soluna has a beta of 5.09, indicating that its share price is 409% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares CoreWeave and Soluna’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CoreWeave	-25.41%	-47.95%	-3.79%
Soluna	-182.16%	-52.19%	-32.17%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CoreWeave and Soluna”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CoreWeave	$5.13 billion	7.34	-$1.17 billion	($3.65)	-22.49
Soluna	$29.72 million	7.47	-$53.41 million	($1.12)	-0.80

Soluna has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CoreWeave. CoreWeave is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Soluna, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

CoreWeave beats Soluna on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CoreWeave

CoreWeave, Inc. engages in the powers of the creation and delivery of the intelligence that drives innovation. It offers a solution used by organizations of all sizes that require sophisticated AI computing, from the largest of enterprises to small, well-funded start-ups. The company was founded by Michael Intrator, Brian Venturo, and Brannin McBee on September 21, 2017 and is headquartered in Livingston, NJ.

About Soluna

Soluna Holdings, Inc. together with its subsidiaries, engages in the mining of cryptocurrency through data centers. It operates through two segments, Cryptocurrency Mining and Data Center Hosting. The company also operates in the blockchain business. In addition, the company develops and builds modular data centers that use for cryptocurrency mining. Further, it provides data center hosting services, including electrical power and network connectivity to cryptocurrency mining customers. The company was formerly known as Mechanical Technology Inc and as changed to Soluna Holdings, Inc. Soluna Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Albany, New York.