Critical Comparison: Greenidge Generation (NASDAQ:GREE) & Xperi (NYSE:XPER)

Xperi (NYSE:XPER) and Greenidge Generation (NASDAQ:GREE) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Xperi has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenidge Generation has a beta of 3.02, indicating that its stock price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Xperi and Greenidge Generation, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xperi	1	1	2	0	2.25
Greenidge Generation	1	0	0	0	1.00

Xperi presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 101.28%. Given Xperi’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Xperi is more favorable than Greenidge Generation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Xperi and Greenidge Generation”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xperi	$448.11 million	0.59	-$56.34 million	($0.70)	-7.81
Greenidge Generation	$60.37 million	0.46	$5.29 million	$0.38	4.29

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

Profitability

This table compares Xperi and Greenidge Generation’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xperi	-7.12%	4.04%	2.72%
Greenidge Generation	10.38%	-12.10%	12.35%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

94.3% of Xperi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of Greenidge Generation shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Xperi shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.4% of Greenidge Generation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

About Xperi

Xperi Holding Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer and entertainment product/solutions licensing company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Product, and Intellectual Property Licensing. The company invents, develops, and delivers various technologies. It licenses audio, digital radio, imaging, edge-based machine learning, and multi-channel video user experience solutions to consumer electronics customers, automotive manufacturers, or supply chain partners. The company also provides licensing to multichannel video programming distributors, OTT video service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers, social media, and other new media companies in media industry; and memory, sensors, RF component, and foundry companies in semiconductor industry. It provides its technologies under the DTS, HD Radio, IMAX Enhanced, Invensas, TiVo, and Perceive brands. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.

About Greenidge Generation

Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. operates as an integrated cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation company. The company owns and operates cryptocurrency datacenter in New York, as well as hosts, powers, and provides technical support and other related services to bitcoin mining equipment owned by customers. It also owns and operates a 106 MW nameplate capacity power generation facility. The company was founded in 1937 and is based in Fairfield, Connecticut.