Analyzing Bitfarms (NASDAQ:BITF) & Integrated Ventures (OTCMKTS:INTV)

Bitfarms (NASDAQ:BITF) and Integrated Ventures (OTCMKTS:INTV) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Bitfarms has a beta of 3.65, suggesting that its stock price is 265% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Integrated Ventures has a beta of 3.02, suggesting that its stock price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Bitfarms and Integrated Ventures’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bitfarms	-64.06%	-19.24%	-16.04%
Integrated Ventures	-498.40%	-3,899.18%	-526.91%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Bitfarms and Integrated Ventures’ revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bitfarms	$146.37 million	5.46	-$104.04 million	($0.38)	-5.37
Integrated Ventures	$3.86 million	1.59	-$25.46 million	($12.66)	-0.10

Integrated Ventures has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bitfarms. Bitfarms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Integrated Ventures, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

20.6% of Bitfarms shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Bitfarms shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.1% of Integrated Ventures shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Bitfarms and Integrated Ventures, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bitfarms	0	0	5	0	3.00
Integrated Ventures	0	0	0	0	N/A

Bitfarms currently has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 96.08%. Given Bitfarms’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bitfarms is more favorable than Integrated Ventures.

Summary

Bitfarms beats Integrated Ventures on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bitfarms

Bitfarms Ltd. engages in the mining of cryptocurrency coins and tokens in Canada, the United States, Paraguay, and Argentina. It owns and operates server farms that primarily validates transactions on the Bitcoin Blockchain and earning cryptocurrency from block rewards and transaction fees. The company also provides electrician services to commercial and residential customers in Quebec, Canada. It also undertakes hosting of third-party mining hardware. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

About Integrated Ventures

Integrated Ventures, Inc. engages in the mining of digital currency. The company manufactures and sells mining equipment and mining rigs; as well as develops blockchain software. It also provides transaction verification services for digital currency networks of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, Quant, and Dogecoin. The company is based in Tioga, Pennsylvania.