Head to Head Survey: Kayne Anderson BDC (NYSE:KBDC) versus Innventure (NASDAQ:INV)

Innventure (NASDAQ:INV) and Kayne Anderson BDC (NYSE:KBDC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Innventure	0	0	1	1	3.50
Kayne Anderson BDC	0	2	2	1	2.80

Innventure currently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.01%. Kayne Anderson BDC has a consensus target price of $17.30, indicating a potential upside of 1.20%. Given Innventure’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Innventure is more favorable than Kayne Anderson BDC.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Innventure	$988,000.00	607.82	$3.91 million	N/A	N/A
Kayne Anderson BDC	$114.11 million	10.64	$77.07 million	N/A	N/A

Kayne Anderson BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Innventure.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Innventure	N/A	-10.36%	3.21%
Kayne Anderson BDC	59.80%	12.65%	6.77%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

56.0% of Innventure shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Innventure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Kayne Anderson BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Kayne Anderson BDC beats Innventure on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Innventure

Innventure Inc. founds, funds and operates companies with a focus on transformative, sustainable technology solutions acquired or licensed from multinational corporations. Innventure Inc., formerly known as Learn CW Investment Corporation, is based in ORLANDO, Fla.

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.