Critical Comparison: Monex Group (OTCMKTS:MNXBF) vs. Mawson Infrastructure Group (NASDAQ:MIGI)

Monex Group (OTCMKTS:MNXBF) and Mawson Infrastructure Group (NASDAQ:MIGI) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Monex Group and Mawson Infrastructure Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Monex Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mawson Infrastructure Group	-138.67%	-121.73%	-59.46%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

9.7% of Monex Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Mawson Infrastructure Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of Mawson Infrastructure Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Monex Group and Mawson Infrastructure Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Monex Group	0	0	0	0	N/A
Mawson Infrastructure Group	0	1	1	0	2.50

Mawson Infrastructure Group has a consensus price target of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.93%. Given Mawson Infrastructure Group’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mawson Infrastructure Group is more favorable than Monex Group.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Monex Group and Mawson Infrastructure Group’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Monex Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	$11.59	0.48
Mawson Infrastructure Group	$43.57 million	0.53	-$60.42 million	($3.83)	-0.36

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

Summary

Monex Group beats Mawson Infrastructure Group on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Monex Group

Monex Group, Inc., an online financial institution, provides retail online brokerage services in Japan, the United States, China, and Australia. It offers international forex, asset management, investor education, M&A advisory, and cryptocurrency exchange services; investment and trading, and investment education services; asset building and management services; custodial trust service; private banking services for high net worth clients; investment advisory services; management and utilization services for genomic, medical, and healthcare data; and education and childcare services. In addition, it involved in development and operation of marketing SaaS ChatBook'; research and design, study, development, and consultation on cryptocurrency; and development of trading technology. The company was formerly known as Monex Beans Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Monex Group, Inc. in July 2008. Monex Group, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Mawson Infrastructure Group

Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. develops and operates digital infrastructure for digital currency on the bitcoin blockchain network in the United States. It engages in digital currency or bitcoin self-mining, customer co-location and related services, and energy markets, as well as operates data center facilities. The company is based in Midland, Pennsylvania.