KBDC vs. MSDL, OBDE, BCSF, CVII, PRPB, TRIN, AACT, FSNB, CION, and THG
Should you be buying Kayne Anderson BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kayne Anderson BDC include Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (MSDL), Blue Owl Capital Co. III (OBDE), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Churchill Capital Corp VII (CVII), CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II (PRPB), Trinity Capital (TRIN), Ares Acquisition Co. II (AACT), Fusion Acquisition Corp. II (FSNB), CION Investment (CION), and The Hanover Insurance Group (THG).
Kayne Anderson BDC (NYSE:KBDC) and Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.
In the previous week, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending had 3 more articles in the media than Kayne Anderson BDC. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and 0 mentions for Kayne Anderson BDC. Kayne Anderson BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's score of 0.33 indicating that Kayne Anderson BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a net margin of 62.34% compared to Kayne Anderson BDC's net margin of 49.92%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's return on equity of 12.87% beat Kayne Anderson BDC's return on equity.
Kayne Anderson BDC presently has a consensus target price of $17.10, indicating a potential upside of 7.21%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a consensus target price of $21.92, indicating a potential upside of 0.31%. Given Kayne Anderson BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kayne Anderson BDC is more favorable than Morgan Stanley Direct Lending.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Kayne Anderson BDC.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending received 3 more outperform votes than Kayne Anderson BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.45% of users gave Morgan Stanley Direct Lending an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Kayne Anderson BDC an outperform vote.
Summary
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending beats Kayne Anderson BDC on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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