Integrated Ventures (OTCMKTS:INTV) & Runway Growth Finance (NASDAQ:RWAY) Critical Comparison

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Runway Growth Finance and Integrated Ventures’ 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	3.11	$44.34 million	$1.10	11.47
Integrated Ventures	$3.86 million	1.72	-$25.46 million	($13.55)	-0.10

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.

Risk & Volatility

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

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Runway Growth Finance and Integrated Ventures, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Runway Growth Finance	0	6	1	0	2.14
Integrated Ventures	0	0	0	0	N/A

Runway Growth Finance currently has a consensus target price of $13.04, indicating a potential upside of 3.34%. Given Runway Growth Finance’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Runway Growth Finance is more favorable than Integrated Ventures.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Summary

Runway Growth Finance beats Integrated Ventures 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 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.