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

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.3% of BTC Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of BTC Digital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Crescent Capital BDC and BTC Digital’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%
BTC Digital	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Crescent Capital BDC and BTC Digital, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

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

Crescent Capital BDC currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.68%. Given Crescent Capital BDC’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Crescent Capital BDC is more favorable than BTC Digital.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Crescent Capital BDC and BTC Digital”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	3.85	$83.84 million	$2.55	7.50
BTC Digital	$6.77 million	6.12	-$2.82 million	N/A	N/A

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

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats BTC Digital on 11 of the 12 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 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.