Reviewing Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) & Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM)

Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM) and Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Bitcoin Depot and Crescent Capital BDC, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bitcoin Depot	0	1	2	0	2.67
Crescent Capital BDC	0	1	4	0	2.80

Bitcoin Depot presently has a consensus target price of $3.67, indicating a potential upside of 130.61%. Crescent Capital BDC has a consensus target price of $18.80, indicating a potential downside of 0.42%. Given Bitcoin Depot’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bitcoin Depot is more favorable than Crescent Capital BDC.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

9.2% of Bitcoin Depot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.1% of Bitcoin Depot shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Bitcoin Depot has a beta of -0.34, suggesting that its share price is 134% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bitcoin Depot and Crescent Capital BDC”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bitcoin Depot	$629.50 million	0.15	-$26.10 million	($1.87)	-0.85
Crescent Capital BDC	$111.11 million	6.30	$83.84 million	$2.81	6.72

Crescent Capital BDC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bitcoin Depot. Bitcoin Depot 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.

Profitability

This table compares Bitcoin Depot and Crescent Capital BDC’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bitcoin Depot	-3.10%	-307.37%	-22.72%
Crescent Capital BDC	51.61%	12.03%	5.47%

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats Bitcoin Depot on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bitcoin Depot

Bitcoin Depot Inc. owns and operates a network of cryptocurrency kiosks in North America. Its customers can buy and sell bitcoin, litecoin, and ethereum cryptocurrencies using the BTM kiosk network and other services. The company also engages in the sale of cryptocurrency to consumers at a network of retail locations through its BDCheckout product offering, as well as its website through over-the-counter trade. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Bitcoin Depot Inc. is a subsidiary of BT Assets, Inc.

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.