Reviewing Iris Energy (NASDAQ:IREN) & SOS (NYSE:SOS)

Iris Energy (NASDAQ:IREN) and SOS (NYSE:SOS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Iris Energy has a beta of 3.01, suggesting that its stock price is 201% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SOS has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Iris Energy and SOS, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Iris Energy	0	0	5	0	3.00
SOS	0	0	0	0	N/A

Iris Energy presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 177.14%. Given Iris Energy’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Iris Energy is more favorable than SOS.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Iris Energy and SOS’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Iris Energy	$75.51 million	3.82	-$171.87 million	N/A	N/A
SOS	$217.08 million	1.63	-$229.45 million	N/A	N/A

Iris Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SOS.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

41.1% of Iris Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of SOS shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.6% of Iris Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of SOS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Iris Energy and SOS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Iris Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
SOS	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Iris Energy beats SOS on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Iris Energy

Iris Energy Limited owns and operates bitcoin mining data centers. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

About SOS

SOS Limited provides data mining and analysis services to corporate and individual members in the People's Republic of China. It provides marketing data, technology, and solutions for insurance companies; emergency rescue services; and insurance product and health care information portals. The company operates SOS cloud emergency rescue service software as a service platform that offers basic cloud products, such as medical rescue, auto rescue, financial rescue, and life rescue cards; cooperative cloud systems, including information rescue center, intelligent big data, and intelligent software and hardware; and information cloud systems, such as newsToday and E-commerce Today, 10086 hot-line center, information security services, and marketing-related data. It also focuses on cryptocurrency mining, blockchain-based insurance, and security management businesses. The company serves insurance companies, financial institutions, medical institutions, healthcare providers, and other service providers in the emergency rescue services industry. The company is based in Qingdao, the People's Republic of China.