Head-To-Head Survey: Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) vs. TeraWulf (NASDAQ:WULF)

Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) and TeraWulf (NASDAQ:WULF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TeraWulf has a beta of 3.84, meaning that its share price is 284% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Brookfield Asset Management and TeraWulf’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Asset Management	49.69%	30.66%	16.22%
TeraWulf	-611.46%	-305.07%	-8.42%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of TeraWulf shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of TeraWulf shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Brookfield Asset Management and TeraWulf, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Asset Management	2	9	6	1	2.33
TeraWulf	1	1	13	0	2.80

Brookfield Asset Management presently has a consensus price target of $60.21, suggesting a potential upside of 25.54%. TeraWulf has a consensus price target of $27.59, suggesting a potential upside of 20.90%. Given Brookfield Asset Management’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Brookfield Asset Management is more favorable than TeraWulf.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Brookfield Asset Management and TeraWulf”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Asset Management	$4.77 billion	16.47	$2.49 billion	$1.54	31.14
TeraWulf	$168.46 million	67.13	-$661.42 million	($2.48)	-9.20

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

Summary

Brookfield Asset Management beats TeraWulf on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Brookfield Asset Management

Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. is a real estate investment firm specializing in alternative asset management services. Its renewable power and transition business includes the operates in the hydroelectric, wind, solar, distributed generation, and sustainable solution sector. The company's infrastructure business engages in the utilities, transport, midstream, and data infrastructure sectors. In addition, its private equity business offers industrial, infrastructure, and business services sectors; and real estate business, which includes housing, logistics, hospitality, science and innovation, office, and retail sectors. Further, it provides credit business; and insurance solution in the reinsurance, annuities, operating platform, and investment solutions sectors. Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. was incorporated in 2022 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About TeraWulf

TeraWulf Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a digital asset technology company in the United States. The company develops, owns, and operates bitcoin mining facilities in New York and Pennsylvania. It is also involved in the provision of miner hosting services to third-party entities. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Easton, Maryland.