ArrowMark Financial (BANX) Competitors

Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) and ArrowMark Financial (NASDAQ:BANX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CCAP or BANX?

49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.9% of ArrowMark Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of ArrowMark Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, CCAP or BANX?

Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArrowMark Financial has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CCAP or BANX?

In the previous week, Crescent Capital BDC had 2 more articles in the media than ArrowMark Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Crescent Capital BDC and 3 mentions for ArrowMark Financial. ArrowMark Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Crescent Capital BDC's score of 0.88 indicating that ArrowMark Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crescent Capital BDC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ArrowMark Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CCAP or BANX more profitable?

Crescent Capital BDC has a net margin of 37.32% compared to ArrowMark Financial's net margin of 0.00%. Crescent Capital BDC's return on equity of 11.90% beat ArrowMark Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crescent Capital BDC	37.32%	11.90%	5.40%
ArrowMark Financial	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has better earnings and valuation, CCAP or BANX?

Crescent Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than ArrowMark Financial.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crescent Capital BDC	$60.50M	9.07	$83.84M	$1.34	11.04
ArrowMark Financial	$19.65M	7.35	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend CCAP or BANX?

Crescent Capital BDC currently has a consensus target price of $17.60, indicating a potential upside of 18.92%. Given Crescent Capital BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Crescent Capital BDC is more favorable than ArrowMark Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crescent Capital BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
ArrowMark Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CCAP or BANX?

ArrowMark Financial received 223 more outperform votes than Crescent Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.27% of users gave ArrowMark Financial an outperform vote while only 52.24% of users gave Crescent Capital BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crescent Capital BDC	Outperform Votes 35 52.24%	Underperform Votes 32 47.76%
ArrowMark Financial	Outperform Votes 258 72.27%	Underperform Votes 99 27.73%

Is CCAP or BANX a better dividend stock?

Crescent Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. ArrowMark Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Crescent Capital BDC pays out 125.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crescent Capital BDC has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Crescent Capital BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats ArrowMark Financial on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.