Head to Head Survey: DeFi Technologies (DEFTF) versus Its Competitors

DeFi Technologies (OTC:DEFTF) is one of 106 publicly-traded companies in the “Metal mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare DeFi Technologies to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

26.0% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares DeFi Technologies and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
DeFi Technologies	$7.67 million	-$15.03 million	-17.61
DeFi Technologies Competitors	$6.86 billion	$993.32 million	-2.88

DeFi Technologies’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than DeFi Technologies. DeFi Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares DeFi Technologies and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DeFi Technologies	N/A	-31.50%	-1.18%
DeFi Technologies Competitors	-78.76%	-5.18%	-4.42%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for DeFi Technologies and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DeFi Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A
DeFi Technologies Competitors	1170	2532	3095	116	2.31

As a group, “Metal mining” companies have a potential upside of 43.82%. Given DeFi Technologies’ competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DeFi Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

DeFi Technologies competitors beat DeFi Technologies on 7 of the 9 factors compared.

DeFi Technologies Company Profile

DeFi Technologies Inc., a technology company, develops and lists exchange traded products in Canada, Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands. The company provides asset management services, such as investment vehicles, indirect exposure to underlying cryptocurrencies, digital asset indexes, and other decentralized finance instruments. It also participates in decentralized blockchain networks by processing data transactions that contribute to network security and stability, governance, and transaction validation. In addition, the company invests in decentralized finance companies in early-stage ventures. Further, it offers node management of decentralized protocols to support governance, security, and transaction validation for their networks. The company was formerly known as Valour Inc. and changed its name to DeFi Technologies Inc. in July 2023. DeFi Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.