Blackrock Tcp Capital (NASDAQ:TCPC) vs. Baltic International USA (OTCMKTS:BISA) Critical Comparison

Blackrock Tcp Capital (NASDAQ:TCPC) and Baltic International USA (OTCMKTS:BISA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Blackrock Tcp Capital and Baltic International USA, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blackrock Tcp Capital	3	1	0	0	1.25
Baltic International USA	0	0	0	0	0.00

Blackrock Tcp Capital currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.79%. Given Baltic International USA’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Baltic International USA is more favorable than Blackrock Tcp Capital.

Profitability

This table compares Blackrock Tcp Capital and Baltic International USA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blackrock Tcp Capital	-66.92%	14.30%	5.47%
Baltic International USA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

Blackrock Tcp Capital has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baltic International USA has a beta of -1.21, suggesting that its share price is 221% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Blackrock Tcp Capital and Baltic International USA”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blackrock Tcp Capital	-$112.61 million	-2.80	-$88.93 million	($1.49)	-2.52
Baltic International USA	N/A	N/A	-$30,000.00	($0.01)	N/A

Baltic International USA has higher revenue and earnings than Blackrock Tcp Capital. Blackrock Tcp Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baltic International USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Baltic International USA beats Blackrock Tcp Capital on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Blackrock Tcp Capital

BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. is a business development company specializing in direct equity and debt investments in middle-market, small businesses, debt securities, senior secured loans, junior loans, originated loans, mezzanine, senior debt instruments, bonds, and secondary-market investments. It typically invests in communication services, public relations services, television, wireless telecommunication services, apparel, textile mills, restaurants, retailing, energy, oil and gas extraction, Patent owners and Lessors, Federal and Federally- Sponsored Credit agencies, insurance, hospital and healthcare centers, Biotechnology, engineering services, heavy electrical equipment, tax accounting, scientific and related consulting services, charter freight air transportation, Information technology consulting, application hosting services, software diagram and design, computer aided design, communication equipment, electronics manufacturing equipment, computer components, chemicals. It seeks to invest in the United States. The fund typically invests between $10 million and $35 million in companies with enterprise values between $100 million and $1500 million including complex situations. It prefers to make equity investments in companies for an ownership stake.

About Baltic International USA

Baltic International USA, Inc. does not have significant operations. It intends to investigate and acquire a target company or business seeking to become a publicly held corporation. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Houston, Texas.