Great Elm Capital Group (NASDAQ:GECC – Get Free Report) and Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Great Elm Capital Group and Coinbase Global, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Great Elm Capital Group | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.75 |
| Coinbase Global | 3 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 2.49 |
Great Elm Capital Group presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 90.48%. Coinbase Global has a consensus price target of $222.94, indicating a potential upside of 17.33%. Given Great Elm Capital Group’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Great Elm Capital Group is more favorable than Coinbase Global.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Great Elm Capital Group | -$33.22 million | -2.19 | -$31.79 million | ($2.95) | -1.78 |
| Coinbase Global | $7.18 billion | 6.98 | $1.26 billion | ($3.84) | -49.48 |
Coinbase Global has higher revenue and earnings than Great Elm Capital Group. Coinbase Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Great Elm Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
38.8% of Great Elm Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Coinbase Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Great Elm Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Coinbase Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
Great Elm Capital Group has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coinbase Global has a beta of 3.39, indicating that its share price is 239% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Great Elm Capital Group and Coinbase Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Great Elm Capital Group | -87.74% | 13.87% | 4.93% |
| Coinbase Global | -15.72% | 3.12% | 1.54% |
Summary
Coinbase Global beats Great Elm Capital Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Coinbase Global
Coinbase Global, Inc. provides financial infrastructure and technology for the crypto economy in the United States and internationally. The company offers the primary financial account in the crypto economy for consumers; and a marketplace with a pool of liquidity for transacting in crypto assets for institutions. It also provides technology and services that enable developers to build crypto products and securely accept crypto assets as payment. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.
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