Financial Analysis: Great Elm Capital Group (NASDAQ:GECC) and Pacific Ventures Group (OTCMKTS:PACV)

Pacific Ventures Group (OTCMKTS:PACV) and Great Elm Capital Group (NASDAQ:GECC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

38.8% of Great Elm Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.7% of Pacific Ventures Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Great Elm Capital Group shares are owned by 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Pacific Ventures Group and Great Elm Capital Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pacific Ventures Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Great Elm Capital Group	2	2	0	0	1.50

Great Elm Capital Group has a consensus target price of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 84.21%. Given Great Elm Capital Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Great Elm Capital Group is more favorable than Pacific Ventures Group.

Profitability

This table compares Pacific Ventures Group and Great Elm Capital Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pacific Ventures Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Great Elm Capital Group	-63.59%	13.19%	4.55%

Volatility and Risk

Pacific Ventures Group has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Elm Capital Group has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pacific Ventures Group and Great Elm Capital Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pacific Ventures Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Great Elm Capital Group	$178,000.00	448.25	$3.55 million	($2.30)	-2.48

Great Elm Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Pacific Ventures Group.

Summary

Great Elm Capital Group beats Pacific Ventures Group on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pacific Ventures Group

Pacific Ventures Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, produces, sells, and distributes alcohol-infused ice creams and ice-pops. It sells its alcohol-infused ice-pops and ice creams under the SnöBar brand name. The company is also involved in the sale and lease of freezers, as well as the provision of marketing services; and supply of fresh and specialty produce, meat, and food products to redistributors, hotels, restaurants, schools, and nursing homes. In addition, it manufactures and wholesales custom processed beef, pork, chicken, lamb, veal, and seafood products; and supplies fruits, vegetables, and specialty groceries to retail customers and wholesale restaurants. Pacific Ventures Group, Inc. is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

About Great Elm Capital Group

Great Elm Capital Corp. is a business development company which specializes in loan and mezzanine, middle market investments. It invests in the debt instruments of middle market companies. The fund prefers to invest in media, commercial services and supplies, healthcare, telecommunication services, communications equipment. It typically makes equity investments between $3 million and $10 million in companies with revenues between $3 million and $75 million.