Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) & Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM) Head-To-Head Review

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Bitcoin Depot and Crescent Capital BDC”s top-line 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.

Insider & 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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Bitcoin Depot and Crescent Capital BDC, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

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

Risk & 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.

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.