Critical Contrast: Cleanspark (NASDAQ:CLSK) and Nfon (OTCMKTS:NFONF)
by Doug Wharley · The Cerbat GemNfon (OTCMKTS:NFONF – Get Free Report) and Cleanspark (NASDAQ:CLSK – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Nfon and Cleanspark, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Nfon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cleanspark | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2.88 |
Cleanspark has a consensus target price of $23.88, indicating a potential upside of 83.91%. Given Cleanspark’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cleanspark is more favorable than Nfon.
Profitability
This table compares Nfon and Cleanspark’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Nfon | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Cleanspark | -146.90% | -18.63% | -8.15% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Nfon and Cleanspark”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Nfon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Cleanspark | $766.31 million | 4.35 | $364.46 million | ($3.77) | -3.44 |
Cleanspark has higher revenue and earnings than Nfon.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
43.1% of Cleanspark shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Cleanspark shares are held by 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.
Summary
Cleanspark beats Nfon on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Nfon
NFON AG provides cloud-based telecommunication services to business customers in Germany, Austria, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, and Portugal. It offers Cloudya and centrexx products for customers with the required brokerage service from the cloud in its data centers through the cloud private branch exchange; and telephone conference services. The company also provides various solutions, such as Nconnect voice for IP communications; Nconnect data, which allows Internet access; Ncontactcenter, a cloud contact centre solution, that facilitates customer support for various channels, agents, and locations; Nhospitality, which integrates cloud telephony into property management systems for hotel industry; Neorecording that allows companies to record conversations and retain them in a tamper-proof and encrypted environment; Nmonitoring Queues to monitor and track internal work performance; and Noperatorpanel, which provides a professional voice reception panel for customers to receive incoming calls and forward certain calls to their intended recipients. In addition, its product portfolio includes unified communications and collaboration, such as Meet and Share; integration for Microsoft Teams; and business applications comprising CRM Connect, as well as sells devices, such as telephones, soft clients for PCs and smartphones, and related software. The company has an agreement with Meetecho. NFON AG was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.
About Cleanspark
CleanSpark, Inc. operates as a bitcoin miner in the Americas. It owns and operates data centers that primarily run on low-carbon power. Its infrastructure supports Bitcoin, a digital commodity and a tool for financial independence and inclusion. The company was formerly known as Stratean Inc. and changed its name to CleanSpark, Inc. in November 2016. CleanSpark, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Henderson, Nevada.