Head to Head Review: Integrated Ventures (OTCMKTS:INTV) vs. Runway Growth Finance (NASDAQ:RWAY)

Integrated Ventures (OTCMKTS:INTV) and Runway Growth Finance (NASDAQ:RWAY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

64.6% of Runway Growth Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.1% of Integrated Ventures shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Runway Growth Finance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Integrated Ventures has a beta of 2.97, meaning that its stock price is 197% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Runway Growth Finance has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Integrated Ventures and Runway Growth Finance’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Integrated Ventures	$3.86 million	1.71	-$25.46 million	($13.55)	-0.10
Runway Growth Finance	$164.21 million	3.12	$44.34 million	$1.10	11.50

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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Integrated Ventures and Runway Growth Finance, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Integrated Ventures	0	0	0	0	N/A
Runway Growth Finance	0	5	1	0	2.17

Runway Growth Finance has a consensus target price of $13.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.74%. Given Runway Growth Finance’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Runway Growth Finance is more favorable than Integrated Ventures.

Profitability

This table compares Integrated Ventures and Runway Growth Finance’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Integrated Ventures	-581.64%	-3,899.18%	-418.14%
Runway Growth Finance	27.00%	13.85%	7.07%

Summary

Runway Growth Finance beats Integrated Ventures on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.