BTCS (NASDAQ:BTCS – Get Free Report) and Argo Blockchain (NASDAQ:ARBK – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
3.5% of BTCS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.4% of Argo Blockchain shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.2% of BTCS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
BTCS has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Argo Blockchain has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BTCS | $1.65 million | 12.18 | $7.82 million | $1.29 | 0.95 |
| Argo Blockchain | $62.60 million | 1.18 | -$35.03 million | ($0.81) | -1.43 |
BTCS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Argo Blockchain. Argo Blockchain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BTCS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for BTCS and Argo Blockchain, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BTCS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Argo Blockchain | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
BTCS currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 145.90%. Argo Blockchain has a consensus price target of $1.45, suggesting a potential upside of 25.00%. Given BTCS’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BTCS is more favorable than Argo Blockchain.
Profitability
This table compares BTCS and Argo Blockchain’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BTCS | 993.08% | -13.94% | -12.32% |
| Argo Blockchain | -93.70% | -4,172.69% | -50.32% |
Summary
BTCS beats Argo Blockchain on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BTCS
BTCS Inc. operates in blockchain technology sector the United States. Its blockchain-infrastructure secures and operates validator nodes on disruptive blockchain networks, as well as validates transactions for crypto holding delegations on dPoS blockchains. The company offers StakeSeeker, a cryptocurrency dashboard and staking-as-a-service platform that allows crypto asset holders to earn rewards by participating in network consensus mechanisms; and Builder+, a Ethereum block builder offered to maximize validator earnings by utilizing algorithms to construct optimized blocks for on-chain validation. In addition, it is involved in the development of ChainQ, an AI-powered blockchain data and analytics platform, which allows users to query real-time and historical on-chain blockchain data. The company was formerly known as Bitcoin Shop, Inc. and changed its name to BTCS Inc. in July 2015. BTCS Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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.
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