Contrasting Kayne Anderson BDC (NYSE:KBDC) and Coliseum Acquisition (NASDAQ:MITA)

Kayne Anderson BDC (NYSE:KBDC) and Coliseum Acquisition (NASDAQ:MITA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Kayne Anderson BDC and Coliseum Acquisition, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kayne Anderson BDC	0	2	2	1	2.80
Coliseum Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00

Kayne Anderson BDC presently has a consensus target price of $17.30, indicating a potential upside of 4.53%. Given Kayne Anderson BDC’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kayne Anderson BDC is more favorable than Coliseum Acquisition.

Profitability

This table compares Kayne Anderson BDC and Coliseum Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kayne Anderson BDC	59.80%	12.65%	6.77%
Coliseum Acquisition	N/A	-16.55%	-9.51%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

25.8% of Coliseum Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Kayne Anderson BDC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.6% of Coliseum Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Kayne Anderson BDC and Coliseum Acquisition”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kayne Anderson BDC	$161.00 million	7.30	$77.07 million	N/A	N/A
Coliseum Acquisition	N/A	N/A	$3.10 million	N/A	N/A

Kayne Anderson BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Coliseum Acquisition.

Summary

Kayne Anderson BDC beats Coliseum Acquisition on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kayne Anderson BDC

Kayne Anderson BDC Inc. is a business development company which invests primarily in first lien senior secured loans, with a secondary focus on unitranche and split-lien loans to middle market companies. Kayne Anderson BDC Inc. is based in CHICAGO.

About Coliseum Acquisition

Coliseum Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.