Head to Head Survey: Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM) and China Merchants Bank (OTCMKTS:CIHKY)

Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM) and China Merchants Bank (OTCMKTS:CIHKY) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bitcoin Depot and China Merchants Bank’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bitcoin Depot	$688.97 million	0.14	-$1.73 million	N/A	N/A
China Merchants Bank	$70.40 billion	1.43	$20.51 billion	$3.99	4.99

China Merchants Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Bitcoin Depot.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

9.2% of Bitcoin Depot shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.1% of Bitcoin Depot shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Bitcoin Depot and China Merchants Bank, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bitcoin Depot	0	1	3	0	2.75
China Merchants Bank	0	0	0	0	N/A

Bitcoin Depot currently has a consensus target price of $5.13, indicating a potential upside of 218.32%. Given Bitcoin Depot’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bitcoin Depot is more favorable than China Merchants Bank.

Risk and Volatility

Bitcoin Depot has a beta of -0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Merchants Bank has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Bitcoin Depot and China Merchants Bank’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bitcoin Depot	N/A	-2,218.71%	-13.30%
China Merchants Bank	30.06%	14.88%	1.35%

Summary

China Merchants Bank beats Bitcoin Depot on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bitcoin Depot

Bitcoin Depot Inc. owns and operates a network of cryptocurrency kiosks in North America. It provides users to buy and sell bitcoin, litecoin, and ethereum cryptocurrencies; and engages in the sale of cryptocurrency to consumers at a network of retail locations through its BDCheckout product offering and through its website over the counter trade. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Bitcoin Depot Inc. is a subsidiary of BT Assets, Inc.

About China Merchants Bank

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides various banking products and services. It operates through Wholesale Finance Business, Retail Finance Business, and Other Business segments. The company offers current, demand, time, call, savings, notice, and renminbi accounts. Its loan products include personal commercial real estate, consumption, housing, and car loans; loans to finance for studying abroad; micro-business loans; mortgage loans for equipment; joint guarantee, special guarantee, and housing mortgage loan; bank acceptance, discount, liquid capital, and fixed asset loans; and loans for vessels. The company also offers credit cards; insurance products; open-ended funds; discount and guarantees for commercial bills, redemption of commercial bills, and guaranteed discount for commercial acceptance bills; and financial consultation, debt financing underwriting, merger and acquisition financing, and equity financing and enterprise listing services. In addition, it provides forfeiting and risk participation, escrow, cross-border RMB clearing, and interbank services; and risk and financial management, cross-border RMB and oversea financing, international factoring and settlement, and trade finance services. Further, the company offers financial leasing and guarantee, investment and wealth management, forex option and gold trading, forex express trading, international, offshore and private banking, custody, pension, and electronic banking services. The company also operates in Hong Kong, New York, London, Singapore, Luxembourg, Sydney, and Taipei. China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.