Alpha Capital Acquisition (ASPC) Competitors

Alpha Capital Acquisition (NASDAQ:ASPC) and Kayne Anderson BDC (NYSE:KBDC) are both small-cap companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer ASPC or KBDC?

Kayne Anderson BDC has a consensus target price of $16.60, indicating a potential upside of 5.70%. Given Kayne Anderson BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kayne Anderson BDC is more favorable than Alpha Capital Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpha Capital Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Kayne Anderson BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ASPC or KBDC?

Kayne Anderson BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Alpha Capital Acquisition.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alpha Capital Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-$2.10M	N/A	N/A
Kayne Anderson BDC	$117.70M	9.46	$77.07M	$1.80	8.73

Is ASPC or KBDC more profitable?

Kayne Anderson BDC has a net margin of 59.80% compared to Alpha Capital Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Kayne Anderson BDC's return on equity of 12.65% beat Alpha Capital Acquisition's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpha Capital Acquisition	N/A	-20.28%	1.24%
Kayne Anderson BDC	59.80%	12.65%	6.77%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ASPC or KBDC?

89.0% of Alpha Capital Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Kayne Anderson BDC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASPC or KBDC?

Kayne Anderson BDC received 7 more outperform votes than Alpha Capital Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.33% of users gave Kayne Anderson BDC an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Alpha Capital Acquisition an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alpha Capital Acquisition	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 10 100.00%
Kayne Anderson BDC	Outperform Votes 7 58.33%	Underperform Votes 5 41.67%

Does the media refer more to ASPC or KBDC?

In the previous week, Kayne Anderson BDC had 7 more articles in the media than Alpha Capital Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Kayne Anderson BDC and 1 mentions for Alpha Capital Acquisition. Kayne Anderson BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Alpha Capital Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Kayne Anderson BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alpha Capital Acquisition	Neutral
Kayne Anderson BDC	Neutral

Summary

Kayne Anderson BDC beats Alpha Capital Acquisition on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.