Analyzing Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) and Mawson Infrastructure Group (NASDAQ:MIGI)

Mawson Infrastructure Group (NASDAQ:MIGI) and Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Mawson Infrastructure Group and Vertiv, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mawson Infrastructure Group	1	2	0	0	1.67
Vertiv	1	4	19	1	2.80

Vertiv has a consensus target price of $187.89, indicating a potential upside of 3.87%. Given Vertiv’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vertiv is more favorable than Mawson Infrastructure Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Mawson Infrastructure Group and Vertiv”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mawson Infrastructure Group	$59.26 million	0.09	-$46.13 million	($12.60)	-0.38
Vertiv	$8.01 billion	8.63	$495.80 million	$2.65	68.26

Vertiv has higher revenue and earnings than Mawson Infrastructure Group. Mawson Infrastructure Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vertiv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Mawson Infrastructure Group and Vertiv’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mawson Infrastructure Group	-24.28%	N/A	-22.36%
Vertiv	10.67%	50.82%	14.98%

Risk and Volatility

Mawson Infrastructure Group has a beta of 4.55, indicating that its stock price is 355% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertiv has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

6.9% of Mawson Infrastructure Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Vertiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Mawson Infrastructure Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Vertiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Vertiv beats Mawson Infrastructure Group on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mawson Infrastructure Group

Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. develops and operates digital infrastructure for digital currency on the bitcoin blockchain network in the United States. It engages in digital currency or bitcoin self-mining, customer co-location and related services, and energy markets, as well as operates data center facilities. The company is based in Midland, Pennsylvania.

About Vertiv

Vertiv Holdings Co, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and services critical digital infrastructure technologies and life cycle services for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It offers AC and DC power management products, switchgear and busbar products, thermal management products, integrated rack systems, modular solutions, and management systems for monitoring and controlling digital infrastructure that are integral to the technologies used for various services, including e-commerce, online banking, file sharing, video on-demand, energy storage, wireless communications, Internet of Things, and online gaming. The company also provides lifecycle management services, predictive analytics, and professional services for deploying, maintaining, and optimizing its products and their related systems; and preventative maintenance, acceptance testing, engineering and consulting, performance assessments, remote monitoring, training, spare parts, and digital critical infrastructure software services. It offers its products primarily under the Vertiv, Liebert, NetSure, Geist, E&I, Powerbar, and Avocent brands. The company serves cloud services, financial services, healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, energy, education, government, social media, and retail industries through a network of direct sales professionals, independent sales representatives, channel partners, and original equipment manufacturers. Vertiv Holdings Co is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio.