Reviewing BTCS (NASDAQ:BTCS) and RocketFuel Blockchain (OTCMKTS:RKFL)

BTCS (NASDAQ:BTCS) and RocketFuel Blockchain (OTCMKTS:RKFL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for BTCS and RocketFuel Blockchain, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BTCS	0	0	1	0	3.00
RocketFuel Blockchain	0	0	0	0	0.00

BTCS presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 94.55%. Given BTCS’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe BTCS is more favorable than RocketFuel Blockchain.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

3.5% of BTCS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of RocketFuel Blockchain shares are held by institutional investors. 44.3% of BTCS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.7% of RocketFuel Blockchain shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BTCS and RocketFuel Blockchain”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BTCS	$2.08 million	21.06	$7.82 million	$0.41	6.27
RocketFuel Blockchain	$200,000.00	0.10	-$3.78 million	N/A	N/A

BTCS has higher revenue and earnings than RocketFuel Blockchain.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BTCS	366.80%	-15.42%	-13.77%
RocketFuel Blockchain	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

BTCS beats RocketFuel Blockchain on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BTCS

BTCS Inc. operates in blockchain technology sector the United States. Its blockchain-infrastructure secures and operates validator nodes on disruptive blockchain networks, as well as validates transactions for crypto holding delegations on dPoS blockchains. The company 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; and Builder+, a Ethereum block builder offered to maximize validator earnings by utilizing algorithms to construct optimized blocks for on-chain validation. In addition, it is involved in the development of ChainQ, an AI-powered blockchain data and analytics platform, which allows users to query real-time and historical on-chain blockchain data. 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.

About RocketFuel Blockchain

RocketFuel Blockchain, Inc. provides payment and check-out systems for shoppers on e-commerce sites using cryptocurrencies, bitcoin, and direct bank transfers. It also offers payout solutions, cross-border B2B transfer solutions, and other solutions, as well as invoicing and crypto payments services. The company has a strategic partnership with ACI Worldwide, Inc. to offer the cryptocurrency payment solution available to customers through ACI portals. RocketFuel Blockchain, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.