CION Investment (NYSE:CION) vs. bleuacacia (NASDAQ:BLEU) Head to Head Contrast

bleuacacia (NASDAQ:BLEU) and CION Investment (NYSE:CION) are both small-cap unclassified companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

13.9% of bleuacacia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of CION Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of bleuacacia shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CION Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for bleuacacia and CION Investment, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
bleuacacia	0	0	0	0	0.00
CION Investment	0	2	0	0	2.00

CION Investment has a consensus price target of $12.25, suggesting a potential upside of 3.20%. Given CION Investment’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CION Investment is more favorable than bleuacacia.

Risk and Volatility

bleuacacia has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CION Investment has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares bleuacacia and CION Investment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
bleuacacia	N/A	-6.04%	4.62%
CION Investment	48.50%	12.39%	5.48%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares bleuacacia and CION Investment”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
bleuacacia	N/A	N/A	$3.86 million	N/A	N/A
CION Investment	$251.01 million	2.53	$95.31 million	$2.35	5.05

CION Investment has higher revenue and earnings than bleuacacia.

Summary

CION Investment beats bleuacacia on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About bleuacacia

bleuacacia ltd does not have significant operations. The company focuses on effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or related business combination with one or more businesses. It intends to identify business opportunities in the field of premium branded consumer retail. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in New York, New York.

About CION Investment

CION Investment Corporation is a business development company. It specializes in investments in senior secured loans, including unitranche loans, First Lien, second lien loans, long-term subordinated loans, and mezzanine loans; equity interests such as warrants or options; and corporate bonds; and other debt securities in middle-market companies. The firm invests in growth capital, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, market/product expansion, refinancing and recapitalization. The fund also invests up to 30 percent of their assets opportunistically in other types of investments, including the securities of larger public companies and foreign securities. It also makes investments in the secondary loan market. The fund does not invest in start-up companies, turnaround situations, or companies with speculative business plans. The fund prefers to invest in high tech industries, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, business services, media, chemicals, plastic, rubber, telecommunication, consumer services, advertising, printing and publishing, consumer goods, durables, diversified financials, and other industries. It also invests in homebuilding, restaurants, beverage and tobacco bars, broadcasting, distributors, Non-durable good distribution, food beverage and tobacco, energy, oil gas and consumables fuels, insurance, aerospace and defense, industrial machinery, paper and forest product machinery, information technology, metals and mining, and real estate. It primarily seeks to invest in the United States. The fund seeks to invest between $5 million and $50 million in companies with an EBITDA between $25 million and $75 million with average targeted hold of $25 million. It also purchases minority interests in the form of common or preferred equity in the target companies, typically in conjunction with its debt investments or through a co-investment with a financial sponsor. The fund seeks to exit its investments through an initial public offering of common stock, a merger, a sale, or other recapitalization.