Cipher Mining (CIFR) Competitors

Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) and Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GETY or CIFR?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Getty Images	$916.55M	1.60	$19.34M	$0.06	59.83
Cipher Mining	$126.84M	9.07	-$25.78M	$0.06	61.84

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GETY or CIFR?

45.8% of Getty Images shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Getty Images shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GETY or CIFR?

Cipher Mining received 21 more outperform votes than Getty Images when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 92.31% of users gave Cipher Mining an outperform vote while only 46.88% of users gave Getty Images an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Getty Images	Outperform Votes 15 46.88%	Underperform Votes 17 53.13%
Cipher Mining	Outperform Votes 36 92.31%	Underperform Votes 3 7.69%

Which has more risk and volatility, GETY or CIFR?

Getty Images has a beta of 2.13, indicating that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cipher Mining has a beta of 2.32, indicating that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GETY or CIFR?

In the previous week, Getty Images had 16 more articles in the media than Cipher Mining. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Getty Images and 6 mentions for Cipher Mining. Getty Images' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Cipher Mining's score of 0.17 indicating that Cipher Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Getty Images	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cipher Mining	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend GETY or CIFR?

Getty Images currently has a consensus target price of $6.08, suggesting a potential upside of 69.22%. Cipher Mining has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.25%. Given Cipher Mining's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Getty Images is more favorable than Cipher Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Getty Images	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Cipher Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is GETY or CIFR more profitable?

Cipher Mining has a net margin of 13.54% compared to Cipher Mining's net margin of 3.33%. Cipher Mining's return on equity of 9.18% beat Getty Images' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Getty Images	3.33%	9.18%	2.35%
Cipher Mining	13.54%	4.66%	3.99%

Summary

Cipher Mining beats Getty Images on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.