LM Funding America (NASDAQ:LMFA – Get Free Report) and HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ:HIVE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
22.7% of LM Funding America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of HIVE Digital Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of LM Funding America shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
LM Funding America has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HIVE Digital Technologies has a beta of 3.57, suggesting that its share price is 257% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| LM Funding America | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| HIVE Digital Technologies | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2.67 |
LM Funding America presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 989.32%. HIVE Digital Technologies has a consensus price target of $8.21, indicating a potential upside of 202.00%. Given LM Funding America’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe LM Funding America is more favorable than HIVE Digital Technologies.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares LM Funding America and HIVE Digital Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| LM Funding America | $11.00 million | 0.51 | -$7.32 million | ($2.30) | -0.20 |
| HIVE Digital Technologies | $115.28 million | 5.72 | -$3.00 million | ($0.21) | -12.95 |
HIVE Digital Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than LM Funding America. HIVE Digital Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LM Funding America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares LM Funding America and HIVE Digital Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| LM Funding America | -83.44% | -30.25% | -23.87% |
| HIVE Digital Technologies | -16.18% | -14.15% | -12.55% |
Summary
HIVE Digital Technologies beats LM Funding America on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About LM Funding America
LM Funding America, Inc. operates as a cryptocurrency mining and specialty finance company. It operates through two segments, Specialty Finance and Mining Operations. The company also engages in Bitcoin mining operations; and provides funding to nonprofit community associations. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Tampa, Florida.
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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