Head to Head Comparison: Kayne Anderson BDC (NYSE:KBDC) and Coliseum Acquisition (NASDAQ:MITA)

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

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Coliseum Acquisition and Kayne Anderson BDC, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

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

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

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

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Summary

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

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.

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.