Head to Head Survey: Prestige Wealth (NASDAQ:PWM) and Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP)

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

Risk and Volatility

Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prestige Wealth has a beta of 4.18, suggesting that its share price is 318% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Crescent Capital BDC and Prestige Wealth, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crescent Capital BDC	0	1	5	0	2.83
Prestige Wealth	0	0	0	0	N/A

Crescent Capital BDC currently has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.05%. Given Crescent Capital BDC’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Capital BDC is more favorable than Prestige Wealth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Crescent Capital BDC and Prestige Wealth”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crescent Capital BDC	$111.11 million	6.09	$83.84 million	$2.81	6.50
Prestige Wealth	$348,528.00	23.25	-$1.04 million	N/A	N/A

Crescent Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Prestige Wealth.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of Prestige Wealth 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crescent Capital BDC	51.61%	12.03%	5.47%
Prestige Wealth	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats Prestige Wealth on 9 of the 11 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 Prestige Wealth

Prestige Wealth Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides wealth management and asset management services. It assists its clients in identifying and purchasing wealth and asset management products. The company offers its services primarily for high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, including business owners, executives, heirs of rich families, and other affluent individuals in Asia primarily in the mainland China or Hong Kong. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Central, Hong Kong. Prestige Wealth Inc. is a subsidiary of Prestige Financial Holdings Group Limited.