Soluna (NASDAQ:SLNH) vs. Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) Critical Contrast

Soluna (NASDAQ:SLNH) and Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Soluna and Crescent Capital BDC, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Soluna	0	0	0	0	0.00
Crescent Capital BDC	0	1	5	0	2.83

Crescent Capital BDC has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.00%. Given Crescent Capital BDC’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Capital BDC is more favorable than Soluna.

Profitability

This table compares Soluna and Crescent Capital BDC’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Soluna	-77.32%	-43.44%	-24.06%
Crescent Capital BDC	51.61%	12.03%	5.47%

Volatility and Risk

Soluna has a beta of 2.93, meaning that its share price is 193% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Soluna and Crescent Capital BDC”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Soluna	$21.07 million	0.98	-$29.20 million	($17.67)	-0.20
Crescent Capital BDC	$184.13 million	3.68	$83.84 million	$2.75	6.64

Crescent Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Soluna. Soluna 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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

23.2% of Soluna shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.3% of Soluna shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats Soluna on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Soluna

Soluna Holdings, Inc. together with its subsidiaries, engages in the mining of cryptocurrency through data centers. It operates through two segments, Cryptocurrency Mining and Data Center Hosting. The company also operates in the blockchain business. In addition, the company develops and builds modular data centers that use for cryptocurrency mining. Further, it provides data center hosting services, including electrical power and network connectivity to cryptocurrency mining customers. The company was formerly known as Mechanical Technology Inc and as changed to Soluna Holdings, Inc. Soluna Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Albany, New York.

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.