Bit Digital (BTBT) Competitors

Bit Digital (NASDAQ:BTBT) and Coastal Financial (NASDAQ:CCB) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do analysts prefer BTBT or CCB?

Bit Digital presently has a consensus price target of $6.33, indicating a potential upside of 259.85%. Coastal Financial has a consensus price target of $98.75, indicating a potential upside of 20.54%. Given Bit Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bit Digital is more favorable than Coastal Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bit Digital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Coastal Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Does the media prefer BTBT or CCB?

In the previous week, Bit Digital had 4 more articles in the media than Coastal Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Bit Digital and 8 mentions for Coastal Financial. Coastal Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Bit Digital's score of 0.83 indicating that Coastal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bit Digital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coastal Financial	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BTBT or CCB more profitable?

Coastal Financial has a net margin of 6.43% compared to Bit Digital's net margin of -2.75%. Coastal Financial's return on equity of 14.98% beat Bit Digital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bit Digital	-2.75%	-5.69%	-4.82%
Coastal Financial	6.43%	14.98%	1.20%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BTBT or CCB?

47.7% of Bit Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.2% of Coastal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.3% of Bit Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Coastal Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BTBT or CCB?

Coastal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Bit Digital. Bit Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coastal Financial, 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
Bit Digital	$163.76M	1.65	-$13.89M	$0.28	6.29
Coastal Financial	$452.86M	2.71	$45.22M	$3.25	25.21

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BTBT or CCB?

Coastal Financial received 4 more outperform votes than Bit Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave Bit Digital an outperform vote while only 71.43% of users gave Coastal Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bit Digital	Outperform Votes 16 72.73%	Underperform Votes 6 27.27%
Coastal Financial	Outperform Votes 20 71.43%	Underperform Votes 8 28.57%

Which has more risk & volatility, BTBT or CCB?

Bit Digital has a beta of 6.05, meaning that its stock price is 505% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coastal Financial has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Summary

Coastal Financial beats Bit Digital on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.