Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG – Get Free Report) and Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Acacia Research and Bitcoin Depot, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Acacia Research | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Bitcoin Depot | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.75 |
Acacia Research presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.61%. Bitcoin Depot has a consensus target price of $4.10, suggesting a potential upside of 733.50%. Given Bitcoin Depot’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bitcoin Depot is more favorable than Acacia Research.
Risk and Volatility
Profitability
This table compares Acacia Research and Bitcoin Depot’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Acacia Research | -5.39% | 0.44% | 0.33% |
| Bitcoin Depot | -0.94% | -70.95% | -5.08% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
86.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.2% of Bitcoin Depot shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.8% of Bitcoin Depot shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Acacia Research and Bitcoin Depot”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Acacia Research | $285.23 million | 1.49 | $21.68 million | ($0.15) | -29.07 |
| Bitcoin Depot | $614.85 million | 0.01 | -$6.18 million | $1.90 | 0.26 |
Acacia Research has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bitcoin Depot. Acacia Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bitcoin Depot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
About Acacia Research
Acacia is a publicly traded (Nasdaq: ACTG) company that is focused on acquiring and operating businesses across the industrial, energy and technology sectors where it believes it can leverage its expertise, significant capital base, and deep industry relationships to drive value. Acacia evaluates opportunities based on the attractiveness of the underlying cash flows, without regard to a specific investment horizon. Acacia operates its businesses based on three key principles of people, process, and performance and has built a management team with demonstrated expertise in research, transactions and execution, and operations and management.
About Bitcoin Depot
Bitcoin Depot Inc. owns and operates a network of cryptocurrency kiosks in North America. Its customers can buy and sell bitcoin, litecoin, and ethereum cryptocurrencies using the BTM kiosk network and other services. The company also engages in the sale of cryptocurrency to consumers at a network of retail locations through its BDCheckout product offering, as well as its website through over-the-counter trade. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Bitcoin Depot Inc. is a subsidiary of BT Assets, Inc.
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