Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WULF or CCAP?

62.5% of TeraWulf shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 24.9% of TeraWulf shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WULF or CCAP more profitable?

Crescent Capital BDC has a net margin of 47.06% compared to TeraWulf's net margin of -41.88%. Crescent Capital BDC's return on equity of 12.20% beat TeraWulf's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TeraWulf	-41.88%	-17.02%	-11.59%
Crescent Capital BDC	47.06%	12.20%	5.57%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WULF or CCAP?

TeraWulf received 2 more outperform votes than Crescent Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.07% of users gave TeraWulf an outperform vote while only 55.17% of users gave Crescent Capital BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TeraWulf	Outperform Votes 34 79.07%	Underperform Votes 9 20.93%
Crescent Capital BDC	Outperform Votes 32 55.17%	Underperform Votes 26 44.83%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, WULF or CCAP?

Crescent Capital BDC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TeraWulf.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TeraWulf	$126.47M	21.91	-$73.42M	N/A	N/A
Crescent Capital BDC	$111.11M	6.33	$83.84M	$2.55	7.44

Does the media favor WULF or CCAP?

In the previous week, TeraWulf had 19 more articles in the media than Crescent Capital BDC. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for TeraWulf and 14 mentions for Crescent Capital BDC. Crescent Capital BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat TeraWulf's score of 0.34 indicating that Crescent Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TeraWulf	8 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Crescent Capital BDC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate WULF or CCAP?

TeraWulf currently has a consensus price target of $7.21, suggesting a potential upside of 0.48%. Crescent Capital BDC has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.11%. Given TeraWulf's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TeraWulf is more favorable than Crescent Capital BDC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TeraWulf	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13
Crescent Capital BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has more risk and volatility, WULF or CCAP?

TeraWulf has a beta of 2.5, meaning that its share price is 150% 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.

Summary

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