Financial Comparison: Thryv (NASDAQ:THRY) vs. Cleanspark (NASDAQ:CLSK)

Cleanspark (NASDAQ:CLSK) and Thryv (NASDAQ:THRY) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Cleanspark and Thryv, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cleanspark	2	0	14	1	2.82
Thryv	1	4	2	0	2.14

Cleanspark presently has a consensus price target of $23.11, suggesting a potential upside of 193.24%. Thryv has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 614.29%. Given Thryv’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Thryv is more favorable than Cleanspark.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cleanspark and Thryv”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cleanspark	$766.31 million	2.64	$364.46 million	($3.77)	-2.09
Thryv	$785.02 million	0.07	$310,000.00	($0.37)	-3.22

Cleanspark has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Thryv. Thryv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cleanspark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Cleanspark and Thryv’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cleanspark	-146.90%	-18.63%	-8.15%
Thryv	-2.27%	-7.36%	-2.36%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

43.1% of Cleanspark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Thryv shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Cleanspark shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Thryv shares are held 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.

Risk & Volatility

Cleanspark has a beta of 3.84, indicating that its share price is 284% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thryv has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Thryv beats Cleanspark on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Thryv

Thryv Holdings, Inc. provides digital marketing solutions and cloud-based tools to the small-to-medium sized businesses in the United States. It operates through four segments: Thryv U.S. Marketing Services, Thryv U.S. SaaS, Thryv International Marketing Services, and Thryv International SaaS. The company provides print yellow pages, internet yellow pages, and search engine marketing; and other digital media solutions, such as online display and social advertising, online presence and video, and search engine optimization tools. It also offers command center that enables SMBs to centralize all their communication through a modular, expandable, and customizable platform; and business center, a SMB end-to-end customer experience platform, which offers customer relationship management, appointment scheduling, estimate and invoice creation, payments, document management, social media content, and online review management. In addition, the company provides marketing center, a marketing and advertising platform for AutoID, enhanced online presence, omni-channel paid campaigns, and marketing tools; Thryv Add-ons provides AI-assisted website development, SEO tools, google business profile optimization, and Hub by Thryv; and ThryvPay, a payment solution that allows users to get paid via credit card and ACH. The company was formerly known as Dex Media Holdings, Inc. Thryv Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in DFW Airport, Texas.