Financial Review: Iris Energy (NASDAQ:IREN) versus Sentage (NASDAQ:SNTG)

Sentage (NASDAQ:SNTG) and Iris Energy (NASDAQ:IREN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Risk and Volatility

Sentage has a beta of 2.6, suggesting that its stock price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iris Energy has a beta of 3.41, suggesting that its stock price is 241% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sentage and Iris Energy”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sentage	$150,000.00	41.21	-$1.90 million	N/A	N/A
Iris Energy	$188.76 million	5.85	-$28.95 million	N/A	N/A

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Sentage and Iris Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sentage	0	0	0	0	N/A
Iris Energy	0	1	8	0	2.89

Iris Energy has a consensus target price of $16.25, indicating a potential upside of 115.80%. Given Iris Energy’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Iris Energy is more favorable than Sentage.

Profitability

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

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.1% of Sentage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of Iris Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.4% of Sentage shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.5% of Iris Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Iris Energy beats Sentage on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sentage

Sentage Holdings Inc. provides a range of financial services. The company offers consumer loan repayment and collection management, loan recommendation, and prepaid payment network services in China. It also provides consultancy and information technology support services. Sentage Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

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.