KBDC vs. GBDC, HTGC, TSLX, MSDL, GSBD, TRIN, NMFC, BCSF, BBDC, and AMAL
Should you be buying Kayne Anderson BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kayne Anderson BDC include Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Trinity Capital (TRIN), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings Bdc (BBDC), and Amalgamated Financial (AMAL). These companies are all part of the "fin - sbic&commrl" industry.
Kayne Anderson BDC vs. Its Competitors
Kayne Anderson BDC (NYSE:KBDC) and Golub Capital BDC (NASDAQ:GBDC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
42.4% of Golub Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Kayne Anderson BDC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Golub Capital BDC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kayne Anderson BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Golub Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Kayne Anderson BDC pays out 94.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Golub Capital BDC pays out 109.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kayne Anderson BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Golub Capital BDC had 6 more articles in the media than Kayne Anderson BDC. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Golub Capital BDC and 1 mentions for Kayne Anderson BDC. Golub Capital BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Kayne Anderson BDC's score of 0.36 indicating that Golub Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kayne Anderson BDC has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golub Capital BDC has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kayne Anderson BDC has a net margin of 52.99% compared to Golub Capital BDC's net margin of 42.81%. Kayne Anderson BDC's return on equity of 10.90% beat Golub Capital BDC's return on equity.
Golub Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Kayne Anderson BDC. Kayne Anderson BDC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golub Capital BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kayne Anderson BDC currently has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.42%. Golub Capital BDC has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.70%. Given Kayne Anderson BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Kayne Anderson BDC is more favorable than Golub Capital BDC.
Summary
Kayne Anderson BDC and Golub Capital BDC tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KBDC) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
