Runway Growth Finance (NASDAQ:RWAY – Get Free Report) and Integrated Ventures (OTCMKTS:INTV – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Runway Growth Finance and Integrated Ventures, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Runway Growth Finance | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.17 |
Integrated Ventures | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Runway Growth Finance currently has a consensus target price of $13.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.74%. Given Runway Growth Finance’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Runway Growth Finance is more favorable than Integrated Ventures.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Profitability
This table compares Runway Growth Finance and Integrated Ventures’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Runway Growth Finance | 27.00% | 13.85% | 7.07% |
Integrated Ventures | -581.64% | -3,899.18% | -418.14% |
Risk & Volatility
Runway Growth Finance has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Integrated Ventures has a beta of 2.97, meaning that its stock price is 197% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Runway Growth Finance and Integrated Ventures’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Runway Growth Finance | $164.21 million | 3.12 | $44.34 million | $1.10 | 11.50 |
Integrated Ventures | $3.86 million | 1.71 | -$25.46 million | ($13.55) | -0.10 |
Runway Growth Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Integrated Ventures. Integrated Ventures is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Runway Growth Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Runway Growth Finance beats Integrated Ventures on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Runway Growth Finance
Runway Growth Finance Corp. is a business development company specializing investments in senior-secured loans to late stage and growth companies. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the technology, life sciences, healthcare and information services, business services and select consumer services and products sectors. It prefers to investments in companies engaged in electronic equipment and instruments, systems software, hardware, storage and peripherals and specialized consumer services, application software, healthcare technology, internet software and services, data processing and outsourced services, internet retail, human resources and employment services, biotechnology, healthcare equipment and education services. It invests in senior secured loans between $10 million and $75 million.
About Integrated Ventures
Integrated Ventures, Inc. engages in the mining of digital currency. The company manufactures and sells mining equipment and mining rigs; as well as develops blockchain software. It also provides transaction verification services for digital currency networks of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, Quant, and Dogecoin. The company is based in Tioga, Pennsylvania.
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