Kayne Anderson BDC (KBDC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KBDC or OBDE?

Kayne Anderson BDC received 4 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital Co. III when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Blue Owl Capital Co. III an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Kayne Anderson BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kayne Anderson BDC	Outperform Votes 5 50.00%	Underperform Votes 5 50.00%
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is KBDC or OBDE a better dividend stock?

Kayne Anderson BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Blue Owl Capital Co. III pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Blue Owl Capital Co. III pays out 79.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is KBDC or OBDE more profitable?

Kayne Anderson BDC has a net margin of 59.80% compared to Blue Owl Capital Co. III's net margin of 45.35%. Kayne Anderson BDC's return on equity of 12.65% beat Blue Owl Capital Co. III's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kayne Anderson BDC	59.80%	12.65%	6.77%
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	45.35%	11.52%	5.22%

Which has better earnings & valuation, KBDC or OBDE?

Blue Owl Capital Co. III has higher revenue and earnings than Kayne Anderson BDC.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kayne Anderson BDC	$122.29M	9.11	$77.07M	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	$244.17M	7.14	$271.96M	$1.76	8.03

Do analysts prefer KBDC or OBDE?

Kayne Anderson BDC presently has a consensus target price of $16.80, suggesting a potential upside of 7.21%. Given Kayne Anderson BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kayne Anderson BDC is more favorable than Blue Owl Capital Co. III.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kayne Anderson BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to KBDC or OBDE?

In the previous week, Kayne Anderson BDC had 5 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital Co. III. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kayne Anderson BDC and 0 mentions for Blue Owl Capital Co. III. Kayne Anderson BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Blue Owl Capital Co. III's score of 0.00 indicating that Kayne Anderson BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kayne Anderson BDC	Neutral
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	Neutral

Summary

Kayne Anderson BDC beats Blue Owl Capital Co. III on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.