Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX – Get Free Report) and Soluna (NASDAQ:SLNH – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Risk & Volatility
Amdocs has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Soluna has a beta of 5.07, meaning that its share price is 407% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Amdocs and Soluna”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Amdocs | $4.70 billion | 0.96 | $564.70 million | $4.67 | 8.94 |
| Soluna | $29.72 million | 4.52 | -$53.41 million | ($1.12) | -0.49 |
Amdocs has higher revenue and earnings than Soluna. Soluna is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amdocs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
92.0% of Amdocs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.2% of Soluna shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of Amdocs shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Soluna shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Amdocs and Soluna’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Amdocs | 10.59% | 20.70% | 11.06% |
| Soluna | -182.16% | -52.19% | -32.17% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Amdocs and Soluna, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Amdocs | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Soluna | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
Amdocs presently has a consensus price target of $78.33, suggesting a potential upside of 87.67%. Soluna has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 450.96%. Given Soluna’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Soluna is more favorable than Amdocs.
Summary
Amdocs beats Soluna on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Amdocs
Amdocs Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides software and services worldwide. It designs, develops, operates, implements, supports, and markets open and modular cloud portfolio. The company provides CES23, a 5G and cloud-native microservices-based market-leading customer experience suite, that enables service providers to build, deliver, and monetize advanced services; Amdocs Subscription Marketplace, a software-as-a-service-based platform that includes an expansive network of pre-integrated digital services, such as media, gaming, eLearning, sports, and retail to security and business services; the monetization suite for charging, billing, policy, and revenue management; Intelligent networking suite with a set of modular, flexible, and open service lifecycle management capabilities for network automation journeys; amAIz, a telco GenAI framework; Amdocs Digital Brands Suite, a pre-integrated digital business suite; and Amdocs eSIM Cloud for service providers. It also offers AI-powered, cloud-native, and home operating systems; data intelligence solutions and applications; end-to-end application development and maintenance services; and ongoing maintenance services. In addition, the company provides a line of services designed for various stages of a service provider’s lifecycle includes consulting, delivery, quality engineering, operations, systems integration, network services, experience-driven services, data, cloud, and content services; managed services comprising application development, modernization and maintenance, IT and infrastructure services, testing and professional services that are designed to assist customers in the selection, implementation, operation, management, and maintenance of IT systems. It serves to the communications, entertainment, and media industry service providers, as well as mobile virtual network operators. Amdocs Limited was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.
About Soluna
Soluna Holdings, Inc. together with its subsidiaries, engages in the mining of cryptocurrency through data centers. It operates through two segments, Cryptocurrency Mining and Data Center Hosting. The company also operates in the blockchain business. In addition, the company develops and builds modular data centers that use for cryptocurrency mining. Further, it provides data center hosting services, including electrical power and network connectivity to cryptocurrency mining customers. The company was formerly known as Mechanical Technology Inc and as changed to Soluna Holdings, Inc. Soluna Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Albany, New York.
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