Head-To-Head Review: DeFi Technologies (OTC:DEFTF) & Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF)

DeFi Technologies (OTC:DEFTF) and Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

Profitability

This table compares DeFi Technologies and Cleveland-Cliffs’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DeFi Technologies	N/A	232.34%	12.17%
Cleveland-Cliffs	-2.31%	-0.59%	-0.26%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares DeFi Technologies and Cleveland-Cliffs”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DeFi Technologies	$7.67 million	83.79	-$15.03 million	$0.20	10.50
Cleveland-Cliffs	$22.00 billion	0.25	$399.00 million	($0.97)	-11.38

Cleveland-Cliffs has higher revenue and earnings than DeFi Technologies. Cleveland-Cliffs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DeFi Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for DeFi Technologies and Cleveland-Cliffs, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DeFi Technologies	0	0	0	1	4.00
Cleveland-Cliffs	2	5	2	1	2.20

Cleveland-Cliffs has a consensus target price of $17.56, indicating a potential upside of 59.08%. Given Cleveland-Cliffs’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cleveland-Cliffs is more favorable than DeFi Technologies.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

DeFi Technologies beats Cleveland-Cliffs on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DeFi Technologies

DeFi Technologies Inc., a technology company, develops and lists exchange traded products in Canada, Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands. The company provides asset management services, such as investment vehicles, indirect exposure to underlying cryptocurrencies, digital asset indexes, and other decentralized finance instruments. It also participates in decentralized blockchain networks by processing data transactions that contribute to network security and stability, governance, and transaction validation. In addition, the company invests in decentralized finance companies in early-stage ventures. Further, it offers node management of decentralized protocols to support governance, security, and transaction validation for their networks. The company was formerly known as Valour Inc. and changed its name to DeFi Technologies Inc. in July 2023. DeFi Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Cleveland-Cliffs

Cleveland-Cliffs is the largest flat-rolled steel company and the largest iron ore pellet producer in North America. The company is vertically integrated from mining through iron making, steelmaking, rolling, finishing and downstream with hot and cold stamping of steel parts and components. The company was formerly known as Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. and changed its name to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in August 2017. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.