IREN vs. CCB, ARBK, CLSK, QFIN, WD, RIOT, LU, UPST, PWP, and CIFR
Should you be buying Iris Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Iris Energy include Coastal Financial (CCB), Argo Blockchain (ARBK), CleanSpark (CLSK), Qifu Technology (QFIN), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Lufax (LU), Upstart (UPST), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), and Cipher Mining (CIFR).
Iris Energy (NASDAQ:IREN) and Coastal Financial (NASDAQ:CCB) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
Iris Energy currently has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 60.46%. Coastal Financial has a consensus price target of $54.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.79%. Given Iris Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Iris Energy is more favorable than Coastal Financial.
Iris Energy has a beta of 3.05, suggesting that its stock price is 205% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coastal Financial has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
41.1% of Iris Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.2% of Coastal Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 21.6% of Iris Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Coastal Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Coastal Financial has a net margin of 6.55% compared to Iris Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Coastal Financial's return on equity of 14.31% beat Iris Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Coastal Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Iris Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Coastal Financial and 3 mentions for Iris Energy. Iris Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Coastal Financial's score of 0.76 indicating that Iris Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Coastal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Iris Energy.
Iris Energy received 34 more outperform votes than Coastal Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.41% of users gave Iris Energy an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave Coastal Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Coastal Financial beats Iris Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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