Rand Capital (NASDAQ:RAND) vs. Baltic International USA (OTCMKTS:BISA) Head to Head Comparison

Profitability

This table compares Rand Capital and Baltic International USA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rand Capital	97.28%	6.89%	5.98%
Baltic International USA	N/A	N/A	-806.45%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Rand Capital and Baltic International USA”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rand Capital	$8.56 million	6.38	$8.83 million	$3.17	5.80
Baltic International USA	N/A	N/A	-$30,000.00	($0.01)	-1.00

Rand Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Baltic International USA. Baltic International USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rand Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Rand Capital has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baltic International USA has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rand Capital beats Baltic International USA on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Rand Capital

Rand Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in subordinated debt with warrants or preferred equity and venture capital investments. Within private equity, the firm specializing in capital growth and lower middle market investments. Within venture capital, it specializing in early to late-stage private businesses. It does not prefer to invest in real estate sector. It prefers to invest in software, professional services, manufacturing, consumer, healthcare, automotive and public d stocks. It prefers to invest in East or Midwest U.S. operations sectors. It typically invests between $0.75 million and $5 million with initial target size of $1.5 million. It seeks to invest in companies having more than $2 million in revenue or having excess of $1.5 million and up to $5 million in EBITDA. It prefers to be a minority stake and seeks to take a Board seat in its portfolio companies. It typically holds its investments for a period up to five years.

About Baltic International USA

Baltic International USA, Inc. does not have significant operations. It intends to investigate and acquire a target company or business seeking to become a publicly held corporation. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Houston, Texas.