Head-To-Head Analysis: BTCS (NASDAQ:BTCS) & Garden Stage (NASDAQ:GSIW)

BTCS (NASDAQ:BTCS) and Garden Stage (NASDAQ:GSIW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

3.5% of BTCS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Garden Stage shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.8% of BTCS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for BTCS and Garden Stage, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BTCS	2	0	1	0	1.67
Garden Stage	1	0	0	0	1.00

BTCS currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 71.99%. Given BTCS’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BTCS is more favorable than Garden Stage.

Profitability

This table compares BTCS and Garden Stage’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BTCS	-268.37%	-51.90%	-40.98%
Garden Stage	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares BTCS and Garden Stage”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BTCS	$4.07 million	48.05	-$1.27 million	($1.14)	-3.57
Garden Stage	$5.47 million	0.98	-$4.32 million	N/A	N/A

BTCS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Garden Stage.

Risk and Volatility

BTCS has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Garden Stage has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BTCS beats Garden Stage on 7 of the 12 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 Garden Stage

Garden Stage Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides securities dealing and brokerage, underwriting and placing, and other financial services in Hong Kong. It also offers asset management services comprising discretionary account management and fund management services. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is headquartered in Central, Hong Kong. Garden Stage Limited operates as a subsidiary of Oriental Moon Tree Limited.