Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) versus Argo Blockchain (NASDAQ:ARBK) Head-To-Head Contrast

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Crescent Capital BDC and Argo Blockchain, as reported 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 currently has a consensus target price of $19.17, indicating a potential downside of 1.81%. Argo Blockchain has a consensus target price of $1.45, indicating a potential upside of 114.18%. Given Argo Blockchain’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Argo Blockchain is more favorable than Crescent Capital BDC.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Crescent Capital BDC and Argo Blockchain”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crescent Capital BDC	$184.13 million	3.93	$83.84 million	$2.55	7.65
Argo Blockchain	$50.56 million	0.85	-$35.03 million	($0.72)	-0.94

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.

Profitability

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

	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%

Volatility and Risk

Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Argo Blockchain has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.4% of Argo Blockchain shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.