Computershare (OTCMKTS:CMSQF) vs. BTCS (OTCMKTS:BTCS) Financial Survey

Computershare (OTCMKTS:CMSQF) and BTCS (OTCMKTS:BTCS) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Dividends

Computershare pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. BTCS pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Computershare pays out 58.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BTCS pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BTCS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Computershare and BTCS, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Computershare	0	0	0	0	N/A
BTCS	0	0	1	0	3.00

BTCS has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 108.33%. Given BTCS’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BTCS is more favorable than Computershare.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

21.9% of Computershare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.5% of BTCS shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.2% of BTCS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Computershare and BTCS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Computershare	N/A	N/A	N/A
BTCS	-370.07%	-43.20%	-37.26%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Computershare and BTCS’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Computershare	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.48	37.68
BTCS	$1.41 million	15.99	-$15.89 million	$1.29	1.12

Computershare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BTCS. BTCS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Computershare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

BTCS beats Computershare on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Computershare

Computershare Limited provides issuer, employee share plans and voucher, business, communication and utilities, technology, and mortgage and property rental services. The company offers issuer services that include register maintenance, corporate actions, stakeholder relationship management, corporate governance, and related services; mortgage services and property rental, including tenancy bond protection services; and employee share plans and voucher services comprising administration and related services for employee share and option plans, and childcare voucher administration services. It also provides business services, including the provision of bankruptcy, class action, and corporate trust administration services; communication services and utilities operations consisting of document composition and printing, intelligent mailing, inbound process automation, scanning, and electronic delivery; and technology services, such as software solutions in share registry and financial services, as well as agency services in connection with the administration of debt securities. It operates in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Canada, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, Ireland, Africa, and the United States. The company was incorporated in 1978 and is based in Abbotsford, Australia.

About BTCS

BTCS Inc. focuses on blockchain infrastructure and staking in the United States. The company secures blockchain-infrastructure operations and operates validator nodes on disruptive next-generation blockchain networks. It offers StakeSeeker, a cryptocurrency dashboard and staking-as-a-service platform that allows crypto asset holders to earn rewards by participating in network consensus mechanisms. The company was formerly known as Bitcoin Shop, Inc. and changed its name to BTCS Inc. in July 2015. BTCS Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Silver Spring, Maryland.