Comparing MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) & Cosmos Group (OTCMKTS:COSG)

MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) and Cosmos Group (OTCMKTS:COSG) are both business services 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 MARA and Cosmos Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MARA	27.48%	-8.40%	-6.92%
Cosmos Group	N/A	N/A	-78.39%

Volatility and Risk

MARA has a beta of 6.09, meaning that its share price is 509% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosmos Group has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

44.5% of MARA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of MARA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Cosmos Group 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for MARA and Cosmos Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MARA	0	6	5	0	2.45
Cosmos Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

MARA currently has a consensus target price of $22.80, indicating a potential upside of 101.77%. Given MARA’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe MARA is more favorable than Cosmos Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares MARA and Cosmos Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MARA	$656.38 million	5.95	$261.17 million	$1.36	8.31
Cosmos Group	$620,000.00	0.74	-$77.34 million	N/A	N/A

MARA has higher revenue and earnings than Cosmos Group.

Summary

MARA beats Cosmos Group on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MARA

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.

About Cosmos Group

Cosmos Group Holdings Inc. focuses on the physical artworks and collectibles business in Hong Kong and internationally. It operates online platform to sell and distribute the arts and collectibles to end-users with the use of blockchain technologies and minting tokens. The company is based in Singapore.