Head-To-Head Comparison: Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) & Tokens.com (OTC:SMURF)

Tokens.com (OTC:SMURF) and Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tokens.com	$740,000.00	41.70	-$10.14 million	($0.01)	-25.51
Cipher Mining	$151.27 million	9.45	-$25.78 million	($0.12)	-32.42

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Tokens.com and Cipher Mining, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tokens.com	0	0	0	0	0.00
Cipher Mining	0	0	11	2	3.15

Cipher Mining has a consensus price target of $8.13, suggesting a potential upside of 108.87%. Given Cipher Mining’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than Tokens.com.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tokens.com	-454.36%	-40.05%	-36.93%
Cipher Mining	-33.39%	-8.29%	-7.29%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Cipher Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cipher Mining beats Tokens.com on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tokens.com

Tokens.com Corp. provides blockchain verification services through proof-of-stake technology. The company's technology secures blockchain networks through proof-of-stake technology to support the growth of decentralized finance applications. It also provides web3 technology services for metaverses, non-fungible tokens, and ecomm3, as well as consulting services; and builds web3 games. Tokens.com Corp. is based in Toronto, Canada.

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.