Comparing Pacific Ventures Group (OTCMKTS:PACV) & Great Elm Capital Group (NASDAQ:GECC)

Pacific Ventures Group (OTCMKTS:PACV) and Great Elm Capital Group (NASDAQ:GECC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Pacific Ventures Group and Great Elm Capital Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pacific Ventures Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Great Elm Capital Group	2	2	0	0	1.50

Great Elm Capital Group has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 93.73%. Given Great Elm Capital Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Great Elm Capital Group is more favorable than Pacific Ventures Group.

Profitability

This table compares Pacific Ventures Group and Great Elm Capital Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pacific Ventures Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Great Elm Capital Group	-63.59%	13.19%	4.55%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pacific Ventures Group and Great Elm Capital Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pacific Ventures Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Great Elm Capital Group	$49.99 million	1.52	-$31.79 million	($2.30)	-2.36

Pacific Ventures Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Great Elm Capital Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

38.8% of Great Elm Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 26.7% of Pacific Ventures Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Great Elm Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Great Elm Capital Group beats Pacific Ventures Group on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pacific Ventures Group

Pacific Ventures Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, produces, sells, and distributes alcohol-infused ice creams and ice-pops. It sells its alcohol-infused ice-pops and ice creams under the SnöBar brand name. The company is also involved in the sale and lease of freezers, as well as the provision of marketing services; and supply of fresh and specialty produce, meat, and food products to redistributors, hotels, restaurants, schools, and nursing homes. In addition, it manufactures and wholesales custom processed beef, pork, chicken, lamb, veal, and seafood products; and supplies fruits, vegetables, and specialty groceries to retail customers and wholesale restaurants. Pacific Ventures Group, Inc. is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

About Great Elm Capital Group

Great Elm Capital Corp. is a business development company which specializes in loan and mezzanine, middle market investments. It invests in the debt instruments of middle market companies. The fund prefers to invest in media, commercial services and supplies, healthcare, telecommunication services, communications equipment. It typically makes equity investments between $3 million and $10 million in companies with revenues between $3 million and $75 million.