Head-To-Head Comparison: Resolute Holdings Management (NYSE:RHLD) versus Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD)

Resolute Holdings Management (NYSE:RHLD) and Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Resolute Holdings Management and Applied Digital, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Resolute Holdings Management	1	0	0	0	1.00
Applied Digital	1	0	12	2	3.00

Applied Digital has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.41%. Given Applied Digital’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Applied Digital is more favorable than Resolute Holdings Management.

Profitability

This table compares Resolute Holdings Management and Applied Digital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Resolute Holdings Management	23.82%	-646.55%	9.94%
Applied Digital	-43.49%	-13.53%	-4.16%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Resolute Holdings Management and Applied Digital”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Resolute Holdings Management	$344.35 million	4.70	$110.26 million	($0.49)	-388.12
Applied Digital	$144.19 million	56.31	-$231.07 million	($0.54)	-53.78

Resolute Holdings Management has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Digital. Resolute Holdings Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

65.7% of Applied Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 51.2% of Resolute Holdings Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Applied Digital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Applied Digital beats Resolute Holdings Management on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Resolute Holdings Management

Resolute Holdings Management, Inc. operates as an alternative asset management platform company. The company was incorporated in 2024 and is based in New York, New York.

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.