CNTN vs COIN vs CRCL Stock Comparison

Canton Strategic Holdings, Coinbase Global and Circle Internet Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc.
$164.45 -17.0% 1M -49.0% 1Y
Market cap
$42.01B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$6.28B
Div. yield
–
Blockchain Infrastructure Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Circle Internet leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Circle Internet 4, Coinbase Global 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCNTNCOINCRCLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $395.78M $42.01B $19.79B COIN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -4.0x -43.0x 43.9x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 83.4x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -10.4% +37.2% CRCL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -15.6% 15.5% CRCL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 2.4% 6.2% CRCL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -2.7x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -35.9% -49.0% -33.9% CRCL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -11.4%/yr — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 93.5% 71.8% 95.2% COIN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 38/100 60/100 46/100 COIN

Percentile Scorecard

CNTNCOINCRCL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCNTNCOINCRCL
Valuation 36 #63 of 98 52 #48 of 98 46 #53 of 97
Growth 8 #87 of 94 58 #40 of 94 96 #4 of 69
Profitability 39 #55 of 90 57 #39 of 90 42 #41 of 70
Financial Health 96 #5 of 105 75 #27 of 105 29 #72 of 101
Shareholder Returns 12 #55 of 62 57 #27 of 62 15 #34 of 40
Overall 38 60 46
  • CNTN ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • COIN ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • CRCL ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCNTNCOINCRCLSPY
1 month -17.0%-17.0%-6.3% -1.0%
3 months -4.1%+3.9%+37.7% +2.9%
6 months -45.5%-17.7%-13.8% +6.4%
Year to date -38.6%-27.3%+8.3% +11.4%
1 year -35.9%-49.0%-33.9% +13.1%
3 years -98.1%+100.4%— +79.4%
3 years, per year -73.1%+26.1%— +21.5%
5 years —-45.3%— +67.7%
5 years, per year —-11.4%— +10.9%

Risk

MeasureCNTNCOINCRCLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 93.5%71.8%95.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 99.2%66.8%91.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.922.892.87 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.38-0.68-0.36 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.9%-90.9%-80.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -66.1%-54.5%-40.1% -2.5%
52-week high $5.48$361.43$143.29 $779.14
52-week low $1.69$141.09$50.23 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCNTNCOINCRCL
P/E now vs peer median -4.1xmedian 21.5x -44.3xmedian 21.5x 47.2xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 269.7xmedian 2.2x 6.9xmedian 2.2x 6.9xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 15.7x 48.0xmedian 15.7x 57.1xmedian 12.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median -18.2xmedian 16.4x 25.3xmedian 16.4x 26.3xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.9x 3.3xmedian 1.9x 5.7xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median -0.47median 1.06 -3.69median 1.06 —median 0.51

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCNTNCOINCRCL
Revenue – $6.28B $2.91B
Gross profit – – $1.18B
Operating income -$53.77M $619.38M $215.57M
Net income -$98.12M -$987.77M $451.26M
Free cash flow -$22.17M $1.71B $761.52M
R&D – $1.93B –
EPS (diluted) $-0.45 $-3.71 $1.68
Cash & equivalents $37.24M $8.61B $1.73B
Total debt – $6.48B $185.92M
Shares (diluted) 216.86M 263.41M 268.64M
Enterprise value $297.39M -$1.19B $13.67B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCNTNCOINCRCL
P/E -4.1x -44.3x 47.2x
P/FCF -18.2x 25.3x 26.3x
P/Operating cash flow -18.2x 25.3x 25.8x
P/S 269.7x 6.9x 6.9x
P/B 0.9x 3.3x 5.7x
P/Tangible book -5.9x 3.7x 6.5x
EV/EBITDA – 48.0x 57.1x
EV/EBIT -6.8x 66.3x 85.0x
EV/Revenue – 6.5x 6.3x
EV/FCF -16.5x 24.0x 24.1x
EV/Operating cash flow -16.5x 24.0x 23.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.47 -3.69 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCNTNCOINCRCL
Revenue growth (1Y) – -10.4% 37.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 32.5% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 47.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -360.0% -67.1% 228.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -81.6% 35.2% –
Net income growth (1Y) -716.7% -134.5% 231.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -122.4% 8.2% –
EPS growth (1Y) 89.2% -136.1% 152.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.8% 12.0% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -127.9% -48.1% 48.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -44.0% 73.7% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -127.9% -48.1% 52.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -44.0% 73.9% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCNTNCOINCRCL
Gross margin – – 40.5%
EBITDA margin – 13.6% 11.0%
Operating margin – 9.9% 7.4%
Pretax margin – -19.8% 13.8%
Net margin – -15.6% 15.5%
FCF margin – 27.3% 26.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 27.3% 26.7%
Return on equity -17.8% -7.4% 13.0%
Return on assets -14.3% -3.6% 0.6%
Return on invested capital – 2.4% 6.2%
Return on capital employed -9.4% 3.0% 4.1%
Asset turnover – 0.2x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.2x -1.7x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 14.9% 7.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCNTNCOINCRCL
Debt / assets – 24.5% –
Debt / equity – 0.5x –
Net debt / EBITDA – -2.7x –
Debt / FCF – 3.8x –
Liabilities / assets 19.4% 50.6% 95.5%
Equity / assets 80.6% 49.4% 4.5%
Interest coverage – 6.9x –
Current ratio 15.7x 2.4x 1.0x
Quick ratio 14.2x 1.3x 0.0x
Cash ratio 14.2x 1.2x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – 3.01 0.23

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCNTNCOINCRCL
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -25.4% 2.9% -2.7%
Shareholder yield -25.4% 2.9% -2.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCNTNCOINCRCL
Forward P/E – – 83.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.70FY2026 $-2.72FY2026 $1.03FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -161.1%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – – +47.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $0.00FY2024 $5.51BFY2026 $3.22BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – -23.3%FY2026 +16.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +16.6% +24.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCNTNCOINCRCL
Held by institutions 9.3% 55.2% 52.3%
Institutions holding 68 1,118 562
Change in shares held, QoQ +70.5% +2.2% +11.4%
Institutions buying 60 469 380
Institutions selling 5 452 120
Buyers to sellers 12.00 1.04 3.17

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CNTNCOINCRCL
CNTN 1.00 0.38 0.28
COIN 0.38 1.00 0.75
CRCL 0.28 0.75 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CNTN, COIN and CRCL?

Coinbase Global (COIN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Canton Strategic Holdings (CNTN) $395.78M, Coinbase Global (COIN) $42.01B, Circle Internet (CRCL) $19.79B.

Which company is growing faster?

Circle Internet (CRCL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Coinbase Global (COIN) -10.4%, Circle Internet (CRCL) +37.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Circle Internet (CRCL) has the highest net margin (Coinbase Global (COIN) -15.6%, Circle Internet (CRCL) 15.5%). On return on invested capital, Circle Internet (CRCL) leads (Coinbase Global (COIN) 2.4%, Circle Internet (CRCL) 6.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Circle Internet (CRCL) returned the most: Canton Strategic Holdings (CNTN) -35.9%, Coinbase Global (COIN) -49.0%, Circle Internet (CRCL) -33.9%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Coinbase Global (COIN) has been the steadiest (Canton Strategic Holdings (CNTN) 93.5%, Coinbase Global (COIN) 71.8%, Circle Internet (CRCL) 95.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CNTN, COIN and CRCL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Circle Internet (CRCL) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.