Kayne Anderson BDC (KBDC) Competitors

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

Does the media favor OBDE or KBDC?

In the previous week, Kayne Anderson BDC had 8 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital Co. III. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Kayne Anderson BDC and 3 mentions for Blue Owl Capital Co. III. Blue Owl Capital Co. III's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Kayne Anderson BDC's score of 0.82 indicating that Blue Owl Capital Co. III is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Kayne Anderson BDC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is OBDE or KBDC a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital Co. III pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Kayne Anderson BDC pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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.

Do analysts prefer OBDE or KBDC?

Blue Owl Capital Co. III currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.47%. Kayne Anderson BDC has a consensus price target of $17.30, indicating a potential upside of 7.05%. Given Blue Owl Capital Co. III's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital Co. III is more favorable than Kayne Anderson BDC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Kayne Anderson BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is OBDE or KBDC 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
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	45.35%	11.52%	5.22%
Kayne Anderson BDC	59.80%	12.65%	6.77%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, OBDE or KBDC?

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
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	$422.83M	4.30	$271.96M	$1.76	8.38
Kayne Anderson BDC	$96.51M	11.89	$77.07M	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OBDE or KBDC?

Kayne Anderson BDC received 3 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 57.14% of users gave Kayne Anderson BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Kayne Anderson BDC	Outperform Votes 4 57.14%	Underperform Votes 3 42.86%

Summary

Kayne Anderson BDC beats Blue Owl Capital Co. III on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.