Reviewing IREN (IREN) and The Competition

IREN (NASDAQ:IREN) is one of 959 public companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare IREN to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Profitability

This table compares IREN and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IREN	-99.38%	-15.46%	-5.51%
IREN Competitors	-628.28%	30.28%	-8.95%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for IREN and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IREN	2	3	15	1	2.71
IREN Competitors	5498	21142	44136	1450	2.58

IREN currently has a consensus price target of $81.57, indicating a potential upside of 86.92%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 292.80%. Given IREN’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IREN has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

41.1% of IREN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.2% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of IREN shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares IREN and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
IREN	$707.01 million	-$702.62 million	-18.65
IREN Competitors	$1.80 billion	$386.73 million	102.30

IREN’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than IREN. IREN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility & Risk

IREN has a beta of 4.28, indicating that its stock price is 328% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IREN’s competitors have a beta of 1.19, indicating that their average stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

IREN competitors beat IREN on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About IREN

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