OLB Group (NASDAQ:OLB – Get Free Report) and CEA Industries (NASDAQ:CEAD – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for OLB Group and CEA Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| OLB Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| CEA Industries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
3.8% of OLB Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of CEA Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.2% of OLB Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of CEA Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| OLB Group | $8.68 million | 0.85 | -$5.87 million | ($0.29) | -1.06 |
| CEA Industries | $3.28 million | 0.74 | -$2.91 million | ($4.23) | -0.71 |
CEA Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than OLB Group. OLB Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CEA Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
OLB Group has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CEA Industries has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares OLB Group and CEA Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| OLB Group | -68.26% | -76.38% | -35.87% |
| CEA Industries | -118.08% | -27.79% | -24.75% |
Summary
OLB Group beats CEA Industries on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About OLB Group
The OLB Group, Inc. is a diversified fintech e-commerce merchant services provider and Bitcoin crypto mining enterprise. The Company’s eCommerce platform delivers e-commerce services for a digital commerce solution to over 10,500 merchants in all 50 states. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, DMINT, Inc, is engaged in the mining of Bitcoin utilizing low carbon natural gas with over 1,000 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)-based S19j Pro 96T mining computers. www.olb.com and www.olb.com/investors-data.
About CEA Industries
CEA Industries Inc. provides environmental control, and other technologies and services to the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry worldwide. It offers floor plans and architectural design for cultivation facilities; licensed mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering services for commercial scale environmental control systems that are specific to cultivation facilities; and process cooling systems and other climate control systems. The company also provides air handling equipment and systems; LED lighting; benching and racking solutions for indoor cultivation; automation and control devices, systems, and technologies for environmental, lighting, and climate control applications; and preventive maintenance services for CEA facilities. It serves commercial, as well as state- and provincial-regulated CEA growers. The company was formerly known as Surna Inc. and changed its name to CEA Industries Inc. in November 2021. CEA Industries Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Louisville, Colorado.
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