Comparing Kyndryl (NYSE:KD) & Soluna (NASDAQ:SLNH)

Soluna (NASDAQ:SLNH) and Kyndryl (NYSE:KD) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Risk & Volatility

Soluna has a beta of 4.56, indicating that its stock price is 356% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kyndryl has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Soluna and Kyndryl’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Soluna	-274.18%	-170.50%	-63.47%
Kyndryl	1.65%	25.91%	3.10%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Soluna and Kyndryl”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Soluna	$28.78 million	2.14	-$63.33 million	($8.86)	-0.10
Kyndryl	$15.06 billion	0.19	$251.00 million	$1.05	11.93

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Soluna and Kyndryl, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Soluna	1	0	1	0	2.00
Kyndryl	2	4	2	0	2.00

Soluna currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 455.86%. Kyndryl has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 131.54%. Given Soluna’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Soluna is more favorable than Kyndryl.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

23.2% of Soluna shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Kyndryl shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of Soluna shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Kyndryl shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Kyndryl beats Soluna on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Kyndryl

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. operates as a technology services company and IT infrastructure services provider worldwide. The company offers cloud services; core enterprise and zCloud services; application, data, and artificial intelligence services; digital workplace services; security and resiliency services; and network services and edge services. It serves financial, communications, retail and travel, and automotive industries. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in New York, New York.