Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP) Competitors

Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) and Hut 8 (NASDAQ:HUT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts recommend CCAP or HUT?

Crescent Capital BDC presently has a consensus target price of $17.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.78%. Hut 8 has a consensus target price of $12.33, suggesting a potential upside of 37.19%. Given Hut 8's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hut 8 is more favorable than Crescent Capital BDC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crescent Capital BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Hut 8	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CCAP or HUT?

Crescent Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Hut 8. Hut 8 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crescent Capital BDC	$184.13M	3.49	$83.84M	$2.29	7.56
Hut 8	$115.90M	6.78	-$186.77M	-$2.75	-3.20

Does the media favor CCAP or HUT?

In the previous week, Hut 8 had 12 more articles in the media than Crescent Capital BDC. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Hut 8 and 4 mentions for Crescent Capital BDC. Crescent Capital BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Hut 8's score of 0.65 indicating that Crescent Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crescent Capital BDC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hut 8	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CCAP or HUT more profitable?

Crescent Capital BDC has a net margin of 45.54% compared to Hut 8's net margin of -184.31%. Crescent Capital BDC's return on equity of 11.32% beat Hut 8's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crescent Capital BDC	45.54%	11.32%	5.08%
Hut 8	-184.31%	-24.58%	-20.69%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCAP or HUT?

Crescent Capital BDC received 10 more outperform votes than Hut 8 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.90% of users gave Crescent Capital BDC an outperform vote while only 52.94% of users gave Hut 8 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crescent Capital BDC	Outperform Votes 28 54.90%	Underperform Votes 23 45.10%
Hut 8	Outperform Votes 18 52.94%	Underperform Votes 16 47.06%

Which has more volatility and risk, CCAP or HUT?

Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hut 8 has a beta of 3.91, suggesting that its share price is 291% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CCAP or HUT?

49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Hut 8 shares are owned by institutional investors. 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats Hut 8 on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.