Invent Ventures (OTCMKTS:IDEA) vs. Rand Capital (NASDAQ:RAND) Financial Comparison

Rand Capital (NASDAQ:RAND) and Invent Ventures (OTCMKTS:IDEA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Rand Capital and Invent Ventures, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rand Capital	1	0	0	0	1.00
Invent Ventures	0	0	0	0	0.00

Risk and Volatility

Rand Capital has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invent Ventures has a beta of -56.24, indicating that its share price is 5,724% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Rand Capital and Invent Ventures’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rand Capital	-164.74%	7.12%	6.80%
Invent Ventures	27.92%	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Rand Capital and Invent Ventures”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	4.07	$8.83 million	($4.20)	-2.79
Invent Ventures	$790,000.00	1.92	$710,000.00	N/A	N/A

Rand Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Invent Ventures.

Summary

Rand Capital beats Invent Ventures 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 Invent Ventures

Invent Ventures, Inc., formerly known as Los Angeles Syndicate of Technology, Inc., is venture capital firm specializing in incubation, seed, start ups, growth capital, and early stage investments. The firm prefers to invest in technology companies including web-based software, digital media, mobile applications, social media, consumer internet, online advertising and healthcare technology . It prefers to invest in the Los Angeles area of United States. The firm seeks to invest up to $0.25 million. Invent Ventures, Inc. was founded on August 18, 2005 and is based in Santa Monica, California.