Resolute Holdings Management (NYSE:RHLD – Get Free Report) and Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
65.7% of Applied Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.2% of Resolute Holdings Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Applied Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Resolute Holdings Management and Applied Digital”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Resolute Holdings Management | $420.57 million | 3.66 | $110.26 million | ($0.49) | -369.76 |
| Applied Digital | $144.19 million | 65.07 | -$231.07 million | ($0.54) | -62.15 |
Resolute Holdings Management has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Digital. Resolute Holdings Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Resolute Holdings Management and Applied Digital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Resolute Holdings Management | 23.82% | -646.55% | 9.94% |
| Applied Digital | -43.49% | -13.53% | -4.16% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Resolute Holdings Management and Applied Digital, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Resolute Holdings Management | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Applied Digital | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3.00 |
Applied Digital has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.25%. Given Applied Digital’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Applied Digital is more favorable than Resolute Holdings Management.
Summary
Applied Digital beats Resolute Holdings Management on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Resolute Holdings Management
Resolute Holdings Management, Inc. operates as an alternative asset management platform company. The company was incorporated in 2024 and is based in New York, New York.
About Applied Digital
Applied Digital Corporation designs, develops, and operates datacenters in North America. Its datacenters provide digital infrastructure solutions to the high-performance computing industry. The company also provides artificial intelligence cloud services, high performance computing datacenter hosting, and crypto datacenter hosting services. The company was formerly known as Applied Blockchain, Inc. and changed its name to Applied Digital Corporation in November 2022. Applied Digital Corporation is based in Dallas, Texas.
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