HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ:HIVE – Get Free Report) and Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for HIVE Digital Technologies and Crescent Capital BDC, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| HIVE Digital Technologies | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3.22 |
| Crescent Capital BDC | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.83 |
HIVE Digital Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $7.42, suggesting a potential upside of 143.97%. Crescent Capital BDC has a consensus target price of $19.17, suggesting a potential upside of 3.49%. Given HIVE Digital Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe HIVE Digital Technologies is more favorable than Crescent Capital BDC.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| HIVE Digital Technologies | $124.87 million | 3.41 | -$51.21 million | ($0.14) | -21.71 |
| Crescent Capital BDC | $104.15 million | 6.59 | $83.84 million | $2.55 | 7.26 |
Crescent Capital BDC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HIVE Digital Technologies. HIVE Digital Technologies 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.
Volatility and Risk
HIVE Digital Technologies has a beta of 3.46, meaning that its share price is 246% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares HIVE Digital Technologies and Crescent Capital BDC’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| HIVE Digital Technologies | -12.04% | -10.78% | -8.97% |
| Crescent Capital BDC | 47.06% | 12.20% | 5.57% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
24.4% of HIVE Digital Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of HIVE Digital Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Crescent Capital BDC beats HIVE Digital Technologies on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About HIVE Digital Technologies
HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. operates as a cryptocurrency mining company in Canada, Sweden, and Iceland. The company engages in the mining and sale of digital currencies, including Ethereum Classic, Bitcoin, and other coins. It also operates data centers; and offers infrastructure solutions. The company was formerly known as HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd. and changed its name to HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. in July 2023. HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
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.
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