Reviewing Santo Mining (OTCMKTS:SANP) and F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV)

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) and Santo Mining (OTCMKTS:SANP) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares F5 and Santo Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
F5	19.94%	21.03%	11.41%
Santo Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.7% of F5 shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of F5 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for F5 and Santo Mining, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
F5	1	6	2	0	2.11
Santo Mining	0	0	0	0	N/A

F5 currently has a consensus target price of $200.89, indicating a potential upside of 5.01%.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares F5 and Santo Mining’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
F5	$2.78 billion	4.05	$394.95 million	$8.35	22.99
Santo Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.02)	N/A

F5 has higher revenue and earnings than Santo Mining. Santo Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than F5, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

F5 beats Santo Mining on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About F5

F5, Inc. provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud. It offers unified, security, networking, and application management solutions, such as web app and API protection; multi-cloud networking; application delivery and deployment; domain name system; content delivery network; and application deployment and orchestration. The company also provides application security and delivery products, including NGINX Plus; NGINX Management Suite; NGINX Ingress Controller; NGINX App Protect; BIG-IP Packaged Software; and BIG-IP Systems. In addition, it provides a range of professional services, including maintenance, consulting, training, and other technical support services. F5, Inc. sells its products to large enterprise businesses, public sector institutions, governments, and service providers through distributors, value-added resellers, managed service providers, systems integrators, and other indirect channel partners. It has partnerships with public cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. The company was formerly known as F5 Networks, Inc. and changed its name to F5, Inc. in November 2021. F5, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

About Santo Mining

Santo Mining Corp., doing business as Santo Blockchain Labs, operates as a vertically integrated blockchain and cryptocurrency development company in Vietnam and the Republic of Panama. The company manages, operates, and develops end-to-end Blockchain-as-a-Service. It also develops smart digital contracts, non-fungible tokens, digital to physical assets tokenization, eXetended reality, and Internet of Things solutions. The company was formerly known as Santo Pita Corp. and changed its name to Santo Mining Corp. in March 2012. Santo Mining Corp. was founded in 2009 and is based in Aventura, Florida.