Reviewing Kayne Anderson BDC (NYSE:KBDC) & Innventure (NASDAQ:INV)

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

56.0% of Innventure shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Kayne Anderson BDC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Innventure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

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

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

Kayne Anderson BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Innventure.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Kayne Anderson BDC and Innventure, as reported by MarketBeat.

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

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

Profitability

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

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

Summary

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

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.

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.