Financial Contrast: Runway Growth Finance (NASDAQ:RWAY) vs. Gryphon Digital Mining (NASDAQ:GRYP)

Runway Growth Finance (NASDAQ:RWAY) and Gryphon Digital Mining (NASDAQ:GRYP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Runway Growth Finance and Gryphon Digital Mining’s 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	2.70	$44.34 million	$1.10	10.46
Gryphon Digital Mining	$9.25 million	3.14	-$11.58 million	N/A	N/A

Runway Growth Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Gryphon Digital Mining.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

64.6% of Runway Growth Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of Gryphon Digital Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Runway Growth Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Gryphon Digital Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Runway Growth Finance has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gryphon Digital Mining has a beta of 2.47, indicating that its stock price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Runway Growth Finance and Gryphon Digital Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Runway Growth Finance	26.93%	14.17%	7.34%
Gryphon Digital Mining	N/A	N/A	-168.77%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Runway Growth Finance and Gryphon Digital Mining, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Runway Growth Finance	0	7	1	0	2.13
Gryphon Digital Mining	0	1	0	0	2.00

Runway Growth Finance presently has a consensus price target of $12.38, suggesting a potential upside of 7.52%. Given Runway Growth Finance’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Runway Growth Finance is more favorable than Gryphon Digital Mining.

Summary

Runway Growth Finance beats Gryphon Digital Mining on 10 of the 12 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 Gryphon Digital Mining

Gryphon Digital Mining, Inc. operates as a bitcoin mining company in the United States. It operates mining computers and ESG-led mining. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.