Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP – Get Free Report) and Galaxy Digital (NASDAQ:GLXY – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Crescent Capital BDC and Galaxy Digital, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Crescent Capital BDC | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.14 |
| Galaxy Digital | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2.71 |
Crescent Capital BDC presently has a consensus target price of $12.25, suggesting a potential upside of 33.15%. Galaxy Digital has a consensus target price of $35.29, suggesting a potential upside of 109.51%. Given Galaxy Digital’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Galaxy Digital is more favorable than Crescent Capital BDC.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.5% of Galaxy Digital shares are held 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.
Profitability
This table compares Crescent Capital BDC and Galaxy Digital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Crescent Capital BDC | -2.02% | 9.02% | 3.82% |
| Galaxy Digital | -0.89% | -10.30% | -2.73% |
Risk and Volatility
Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galaxy Digital has a beta of 5.11, meaning that its stock price is 411% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Crescent Capital BDC and Galaxy Digital”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Crescent Capital BDC | $167.29 million | 2.03 | $34.51 million | ($0.09) | -102.22 |
| Galaxy Digital | $61.36 billion | 0.11 | -$241.35 million | ($0.65) | -25.92 |
Crescent Capital BDC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Galaxy Digital. Crescent Capital BDC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Galaxy Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Galaxy Digital beats Crescent Capital BDC on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Galaxy Digital
Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. is a financial services and an investment management company, which engages in the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and block chain technology sectors. It operates through the following segments: Trading, Principal Investment, Asset Management, Investment Banking, Mining, and Corporate & Other. The Trading segment manages positions in cryptocurrency and other liquid digital assets contributed to the business at the outset and continues to invest and trade in those and related assets. The Principal Investment segment includes portfolio of private principal investments across the block chain ecosystem, including early- and later-stage equity, pre-launch network contributions, and other structured alternative investments. The Asset Management segment manages capital on behalf of third parties in exchange for management fees and performance-based compensation. The Investment Banking segment offers the spectrum of investment banking, including, but not limited to general corporate advisory, mergers and acquisition, transaction advisory, restructuring and capital rising. The Mining segment focuses to provide financial services for North American miners, through its partnerships. The Corporate & Other consists of the partnership’s unallocated corporate overhead and other unallocated costs not identifiable to any of the reportable segments. The company was founded by Michael Edward Novogratz on February 10, 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
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