Head to Head Contrast: Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) vs. alpha-En (OTCMKTS:ALPE)

Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) and alpha-En (OTCMKTS:ALPE) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

Applied Digital has a beta of 5.75, suggesting that its share price is 475% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, alpha-En has a beta of 0.08, suggesting that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Applied Digital and alpha-En’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Applied Digital	-37.78%	-16.42%	-4.00%
alpha-En	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Applied Digital and alpha-En, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Applied Digital	1	2	11	3	2.94
alpha-En	0	0	0	0	0.00

Applied Digital presently has a consensus price target of $68.15, suggesting a potential upside of 133.02%. Given Applied Digital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Applied Digital is more favorable than alpha-En.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

65.7% of Applied Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Applied Digital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.7% of alpha-En shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Applied Digital and alpha-En”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Applied Digital	$611.31 million	13.94	-$244.00 million	($0.89)	-32.86
alpha-En	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

alpha-En has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Applied Digital.

Summary

Applied Digital beats alpha-En on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Applied Digital

Applied Digital Corporation designs, develops, and operates datacenters in North America. Its datacenters provide digital infrastructure solutions to the high-performance computing industry. The company also provides artificial intelligence cloud services, high performance computing datacenter hosting, and crypto datacenter hosting services. The company was formerly known as Applied Blockchain, Inc. and changed its name to Applied Digital Corporation in November 2022. Applied Digital Corporation is based in Dallas, Texas.

About alpha-En

alpha-En Corporation, a development stage company, focuses on developing technologies for commercial manufacturing lithium metal for use in low-weight and high energy-density batteries; and compounds of lithium. The company was formerly known as Avenue Entertainment Group, Inc. and changed its name to alpha-En Corporation in July 2008. alpha-En Corporation was founded in 1969 and is based in Yonkers, New York.