Reviewing Gryphon Digital Mining (NASDAQ:GRYP) and Runway Growth Finance (NASDAQ:RWAY)

Gryphon Digital Mining (NASDAQ:GRYP) and Runway Growth Finance (NASDAQ:RWAY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Gryphon Digital Mining and Runway Growth Finance’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gryphon Digital Mining	$9.25 million	3.14	-$11.58 million	N/A	N/A
Runway Growth Finance	$164.21 million	2.70	$44.34 million	$1.10	10.46

Runway Growth Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Gryphon Digital Mining.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

10.2% of Gryphon Digital Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of Runway Growth Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Gryphon Digital Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Runway Growth Finance shares are owned by 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.

Profitability

This table compares Gryphon Digital Mining and Runway Growth Finance’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gryphon Digital Mining	N/A	N/A	-168.77%
Runway Growth Finance	26.93%	14.17%	7.34%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Gryphon Digital Mining and Runway Growth Finance, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gryphon Digital Mining	0	1	0	0	2.00
Runway Growth Finance	0	7	1	0	2.13

Runway Growth Finance has a consensus target price of $12.38, indicating a potential upside of 7.52%. Given Runway Growth Finance’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Runway Growth Finance is more favorable than Gryphon Digital Mining.

Risk & Volatility

Gryphon Digital Mining has a beta of 2.47, suggesting that its share price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Runway Growth Finance has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Runway Growth Finance beats Gryphon Digital Mining on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Gryphon Digital Mining

Gryphon Digital Mining, Inc. operates as a bitcoin mining company in the United States. It operates mining computers and ESG-led mining. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About Runway Growth Finance

Runway Growth Finance Corp. is a business development company specializing investments in senior-secured loans to late stage and growth companies. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the technology, life sciences, healthcare and information services, business services and select consumer services and products sectors. It prefers to investments in companies engaged in electronic equipment and instruments, systems software, hardware, storage and peripherals and specialized consumer services, application software, healthcare technology, internet software and services, data processing and outsourced services, internet retail, human resources and employment services, biotechnology, healthcare equipment and education services. It invests in senior secured loans between $10 million and $75 million.