Carbon Streaming (OTCMKTS:OFSTF – Get Free Report) and Bakkt (NYSE:BKKT – Get Free Report) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Carbon Streaming and Bakkt, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Carbon Streaming | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Bakkt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Carbon Streaming presently has a consensus price target of $3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 429.66%. Bakkt has a consensus price target of $2.05, suggesting a potential upside of 113.43%. Given Carbon Streaming’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Carbon Streaming is more favorable than Bakkt.
Volatility & Risk
Institutional and Insider Ownership
8.4% of Bakkt shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Carbon Streaming shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Bakkt shares are owned 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.
Profitability
This table compares Carbon Streaming and Bakkt’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Carbon Streaming | -649.08% | -10.15% | -9.34% |
| Bakkt | -153.02% | 300.60% | 168.47% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Carbon Streaming and Bakkt’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Carbon Streaming | $150,000.00 | 223.68 | -$12.90 million | ($0.16) | -4.43 |
| Bakkt | $54.60 million | 4.83 | -$578.10 million | ($7.71) | -0.12 |
Carbon Streaming has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bakkt. Carbon Streaming is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bakkt, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bakkt beats Carbon Streaming on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Carbon Streaming
Carbon Streaming Corporation operates as an environmental, social, and governance principled investment vehicle that provides investors with exposure to carbon credits. The company focuses on acquiring, managing, and growing a diversified portfolio of investments in projects and/or companies that generate or are actively involved, directly, or indirectly with voluntary and/or compliance carbon credits. It invests capital through carbon credit streaming arrangements with project developers and owners to accelerate the creation of carbon offset projects. The company was formerly known as Mexivada Mining Corp. and changed its name to Carbon Streaming Corporation in June 2020. Carbon Streaming Corporation was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
About Bakkt
Bakkt Holdings, Inc. offers a platform for crypto and redeeming loyalty points. The company's institutional-grade technology platform offers various solutions, such as Custody, an institutional-grade custody solution for market participants; Crypto Connect, a platform that enables consumers, businesses, and institutions to buy, sell, and store crypto in a digital experience; Crypto Rewards that focuses on enabling customers to earn crypto rewards, as well as redeem existing reward currencies into crypto; and Crypto Payouts for customers to automatically invest a portion of payments into crypto. Its platform also offers a range of loyalty solutions, including redemption solutions for various rewards categories comprising merchandise, gift cards, and digital experiences; travel solutions that offer a retail e-commerce booking platform, as well as live-agent booking and servicing; and unified shopping experience. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.
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