Contrasting Abits Group (NASDAQ:ABTS) & BTCS (NASDAQ:BTCS)

Abits Group (NASDAQ:ABTS) and BTCS (NASDAQ:BTCS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Abits Group and BTCS’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abits Group	$1.68 million	11.68	-$12.59 million	N/A	N/A
BTCS	$1.34 million	16.17	$7.82 million	$1.29	1.07

BTCS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Abits Group.

Profitability

This table compares Abits Group and BTCS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Abits Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
BTCS	1,519.73%	-20.75%	-17.64%

Risk & Volatility

Abits Group has a beta of 3.02, suggesting that its stock price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BTCS has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Abits Group and BTCS, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Abits Group	0	0	0	0	N/A
BTCS	0	0	1	0	3.00

BTCS has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 117.39%. Given BTCS’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BTCS is more favorable than Abits Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.2% of Abits Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.5% of BTCS shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Abits Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.2% of BTCS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BTCS beats Abits Group on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Abits Group

Abits Group Inc., a digital company, engages in the provision of bitcoin mining and related services in the United States. The company was formerly known as Moxian (BVI) Inc and changed its name to Abits Group Inc. in November 2023. Abits Group Inc. was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.

About BTCS

BTCS Inc. operates in blockchain technology sector the United States. Its blockchain-infrastructure secures and operates validator nodes on disruptive blockchain networks, as well as validates transactions for crypto holding delegations on dPoS blockchains. The company offers StakeSeeker, a cryptocurrency dashboard and staking-as-a-service platform that allows crypto asset holders to earn rewards by participating in network consensus mechanisms; and Builder+, a Ethereum block builder offered to maximize validator earnings by utilizing algorithms to construct optimized blocks for on-chain validation. In addition, it is involved in the development of ChainQ, an AI-powered blockchain data and analytics platform, which allows users to query real-time and historical on-chain blockchain data. The company was formerly known as Bitcoin Shop, Inc. and changed its name to BTCS Inc. in July 2015. BTCS Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Silver Spring, Maryland.