Digital Turbine (NASDAQ:APPS – Get Free Report) and HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ:HIVE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Digital Turbine and HIVE Digital Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Digital Turbine | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 |
| HIVE Digital Technologies | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.62 |
Digital Turbine presently has a consensus price target of $15.10, suggesting a potential upside of 48.65%. HIVE Digital Technologies has a consensus price target of $6.95, suggesting a potential upside of 254.23%. Given HIVE Digital Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HIVE Digital Technologies is more favorable than Digital Turbine.
Profitability
This table compares Digital Turbine and HIVE Digital Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Digital Turbine | -4.46% | 38.34% | 8.27% |
| HIVE Digital Technologies | -98.49% | -31.98% | -23.71% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
63.7% of Digital Turbine shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of HIVE Digital Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Digital Turbine shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Digital Turbine and HIVE Digital Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Digital Turbine | $600.31 million | 2.05 | -$37.73 million | ($0.26) | -39.07 |
| HIVE Digital Technologies | $297.79 million | 1.82 | -$148.45 million | ($1.29) | -1.52 |
Digital Turbine has higher revenue and earnings than HIVE Digital Technologies. Digital Turbine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HIVE Digital Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Digital Turbine has a beta of 3.02, meaning that its stock price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HIVE Digital Technologies has a beta of 3.76, meaning that its stock price is 276% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Digital Turbine beats HIVE Digital Technologies on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Digital Turbine
Digital Turbine, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates a mobile growth platform for advertisers, publishers, carriers, and device original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company operates through two segments, On Device Solutions and App Growth Platform. Its application media platform delivers mobile applications to various publishers, carriers, OEMs, and devices; and content media platform offers news, weather, sports, and other content, as well as programmatic advertising and media content delivery services, and sponsored and editorial content media. The company also provides direct campaign management products, such as the DT DSP and DT Offer Wall; ad monetization solutions allow mobile app publishers and developers to monetize their monthly active users via display, native, and video advertising; brands and agencies runs mobile brand-awareness campaigns on the direct mobile app inventory; and app developers and other performance-focused advertisers execute mobile user acquisition campaigns for their apps and products. It operates in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, China, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
About HIVE Digital Technologies
HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. operates as a cryptocurrency mining company in Canada, Sweden, and Iceland. The company engages in the mining and sale of digital currencies, including Ethereum Classic, Bitcoin, and other coins. It also operates data centers; and offers infrastructure solutions. The company was formerly known as HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd. and changed its name to HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. in July 2023. HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
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