Comparing Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) and Nexi (OTCMKTS:NEXPF)

Nexi (OTCMKTS:NEXPF) and Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Nexi and Marathon Digital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nexi	N/A	N/A	N/A
Marathon Digital	-429.71%	-26.05%	-12.73%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Nexi and Marathon Digital, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nexi	0	0	0	0	0.00
Marathon Digital	2	2	8	0	2.50

Marathon Digital has a consensus target price of $18.78, indicating a potential upside of 67.36%. Given Marathon Digital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Marathon Digital is more favorable than Nexi.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

44.5% of Marathon Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Marathon Digital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Nexi and Marathon Digital”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nexi	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Marathon Digital	$907.09 million	4.78	-$1.31 billion	($9.16)	-1.22

Nexi has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Marathon Digital.

Summary

Marathon Digital beats Nexi on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nexi

Nexi S.p.A. provides electronic money and payment services to banks, small and medium-sized enterprises, large international companies, institutions, and public administrations in Italy. The company offers payment processing and acceptance services; configuration, activation, and maintenance of POS terminals; integration within merchant accounts software; fraud prevention; and dispute management services, as well as customer support and value-added services. It also provides a range of issuing services, such as issue, supply, and management of private and corporate payment cards; payment tracking and the production of monthly statements, data analysis and price-setting support services, customer service, and dispute management, as well as communication and customer development services; installation and management of ATM's; clearing services; and digital banking services for the management of current accounts and payments. In addition, the company offers applications for invoice management and storage, prepaid card reloading, bill payments, and postal payments. The company was founded in 1939 and is based in Milan, Italy.

About Marathon Digital

MARA Holdings, Inc. operates as a digital asset technology company that mines digital assets with a focus on the bitcoin ecosystem in United States. The company was formerly known as Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to MARA Holdings, Inc. in August 2024. MARA Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.