Comparing Mogo (NASDAQ:MOGO) and Gryphon Digital Mining (NASDAQ:GRYP)

Gryphon Digital Mining (NASDAQ:GRYP) and Mogo (NASDAQ:MOGO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Gryphon Digital Mining and Mogo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gryphon Digital Mining	N/A	N/A	-168.77%
Mogo	-21.98%	-16.00%	-7.23%

Volatility & Risk

Gryphon Digital Mining has a beta of 2.46, indicating that its share price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mogo has a beta of 2.79, indicating that its share price is 179% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Gryphon Digital Mining and Mogo, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gryphon Digital Mining	0	0	0	0	N/A
Mogo	0	0	1	0	3.00

Mogo has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 422.88%. Given Mogo’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mogo is more favorable than Gryphon Digital Mining.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Gryphon Digital Mining and Mogo’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gryphon Digital Mining	$9.25 million	4.75	-$11.58 million	N/A	N/A
Mogo	$48.31 million	0.78	-$13.25 million	($0.45)	-3.40

Gryphon Digital Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mogo.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

10.2% of Gryphon Digital Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.8% of Mogo shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Gryphon Digital Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Mogo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mogo beats Gryphon Digital Mining on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Gryphon Digital Mining

Gryphon Digital Mining, Inc. operates as a bitcoin mining company in the United States. It operates mining computers and ESG-led mining. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About Mogo

Mogo Inc. operates as a digital finance company in Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company's digital solutions help build wealth and achieve financial freedom. It provides MogoTrade, a stock trading app; Moka; and MogoMoney that provides online personal loans. The company also offers digital loans and mortgages; and operates a digital payments platform that powers next-generation card programs for both global corporations and fintech companies in Europe and Canada. Mogo Inc. is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.