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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

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%

Do analysts recommend KBDC or OBDE?

Kayne Anderson BDC currently has a consensus target price of $16.60, indicating a potential upside of 3.75%. Given Kayne Anderson BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, KBDC or OBDE?

Blue Owl Capital Co. III has higher revenue and earnings than Kayne Anderson BDC. Blue Owl Capital Co. III is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kayne Anderson BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kayne Anderson BDC	$117.70M	9.64	$77.07M	$1.80	8.89
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	$244.17M	7.14	$271.96M	$1.76	8.03

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KBDC or OBDE?

Kayne Anderson BDC received 6 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 58.33% of users gave Kayne Anderson BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kayne Anderson BDC	Outperform Votes 7 58.33%	Underperform Votes 5 41.67%
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 10.0%. Blue Owl Capital Co. III pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Kayne Anderson BDC pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Does the media prefer KBDC or OBDE?

In the previous week, Kayne Anderson BDC had 6 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital Co. III. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kayne Anderson BDC and 0 mentions for Blue Owl Capital Co. III. Kayne Anderson BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.13 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 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.