Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP – Get Free Report) and Argo Blockchain (NASDAQ:ARBK – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings for Crescent Capital BDC and Argo Blockchain, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Crescent Capital BDC | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.83 |
| Argo Blockchain | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Crescent Capital BDC presently has a consensus price target of $19.17, indicating a potential downside of 1.56%. Argo Blockchain has a consensus price target of $1.45, indicating a potential upside of 110.36%. Given Argo Blockchain’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Argo Blockchain is more favorable than Crescent Capital BDC.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Crescent Capital BDC | 47.06% | 12.20% | 5.57% |
| Argo Blockchain | -92.08% | -4,172.69% | -59.43% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Crescent Capital BDC and Argo Blockchain”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Crescent Capital BDC | $184.13 million | 3.92 | $83.84 million | $2.55 | 7.64 |
| Argo Blockchain | $50.56 million | 0.87 | -$35.03 million | ($0.72) | -0.96 |
Crescent Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Argo Blockchain. Argo Blockchain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crescent Capital BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Argo Blockchain has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.4% of Argo Blockchain shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Crescent Capital BDC beats Argo Blockchain on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Crescent Capital BDC
Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. is as a business development company private equity / buyouts and loan fund. It specializes in directly investing. It specializes in middle market. The fund seeks to invest in United States.
About Argo Blockchain
Argo Blockchain plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies mining business worldwide. It engages in mining purpose-built computers for complex cryptographic algorithms. The company was formerly known as GoSun Blockchain Limited and changed its name to Argo Blockchain plc in December 2017. Argo Blockchain plc was incorporated in 2017 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
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