Financial Contrast: Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) versus Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ)

Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) and Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Crescent Capital BDC and Core Scientific”s top-line 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
Core Scientific	$502.40 million	9.71	-$1.51 billion	($5.41)	-3.23

Crescent Capital BDC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Core Scientific. Core Scientific 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Crescent Capital BDC and Core Scientific, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crescent Capital BDC	0	1	5	0	2.83
Core Scientific	0	0	13	1	3.07

Crescent Capital BDC presently has a consensus target price of $19.17, suggesting a potential downside of 1.81%. Core Scientific has a consensus target price of $18.38, suggesting a potential upside of 5.24%. Given Core Scientific’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Core Scientific is more favorable than Crescent Capital BDC.

Profitability

This table compares Crescent Capital BDC and Core Scientific’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%
Core Scientific	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats Core Scientific on 8 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 Core Scientific

Core Scientific, Inc. provides digital asset mining services in North America. It operates through two segments, Mining and Hosting. The company offers blockchain infrastructure, software solutions, and services; and operates data center mining facilities. It also mines digital assets for its own account; and provides hosting services for other large bitcoin miners, which include deployment, monitoring, trouble shooting, optimization, and maintenance of its customers' digital asset mining equipment. In addition, the company provides electrical power, repair, and other infrastructure services to operate, maintain, and earn digital assets; and sells mining equipment to customers. Core Scientific, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Dover, Delaware.