Reviewing BTC Digital (NASDAQ:BTCT) and Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for BTC Digital and Crescent Capital BDC, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BTC Digital	0	0	0	0	0.00
Crescent Capital BDC	0	1	5	0	2.83

Crescent Capital BDC has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.05%. Given Crescent Capital BDC’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Capital BDC is more favorable than BTC Digital.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

7.3% of BTC Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of BTC Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

BTC Digital has a beta of -0.08, meaning that its stock price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BTC Digital and Crescent Capital BDC”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BTC Digital	$11.83 million	0.33	-$2.82 million	N/A	N/A
Crescent Capital BDC	$184.13 million	3.68	$83.84 million	$2.75	6.64

Crescent Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than BTC Digital.

Profitability

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

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

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats BTC Digital on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BTC Digital

BTC Digital Ltd. a crypto asset technology company engages in bitcoin mining business. It is also involved in mining machines resale and rental business. The company was formerly known as Meten Holding Group Ltd. and changed its name to BTC Digital Ltd. in August 2023. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

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.