Alpha Capital Acquisition (ASPC) Competitors

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

Is BCSF or ASPC more profitable?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a net margin of 43.62% compared to Alpha Capital Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's return on equity of 11.90% beat Alpha Capital Acquisition's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	43.62%	11.90%	5.43%
Alpha Capital Acquisition	N/A	-20.28%	1.24%

Which has more risk & volatility, BCSF or ASPC?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Capital Acquisition has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BCSF or ASPC?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance currently has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.55%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance is more favorable than Alpha Capital Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Alpha Capital Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BCSF or ASPC?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance received 61 more outperform votes than Alpha Capital Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.20% of users gave Bain Capital Specialty Finance an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Alpha Capital Acquisition an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	Outperform Votes 61 44.20%	Underperform Votes 77 55.80%
Alpha Capital Acquisition	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BCSF or ASPC?

89.0% of Alpha Capital Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BCSF or ASPC?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Alpha Capital Acquisition.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	$138.19M	7.75	$123.38M	$1.85	8.96
Alpha Capital Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-$2.10M	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor BCSF or ASPC?

In the previous week, Alpha Capital Acquisition had 1 more articles in the media than Bain Capital Specialty Finance. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Alpha Capital Acquisition and 0 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Alpha Capital Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Bain Capital Specialty Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	Very Positive
Alpha Capital Acquisition	Neutral

Summary

Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats Alpha Capital Acquisition on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.