Financial Survey: Coliseum Acquisition (NASDAQ:MITA) & Kayne Anderson BDC (NYSE:KBDC)

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Coliseum Acquisition and Kayne Anderson BDC”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coliseum Acquisition	N/A	N/A	$3.10 million	N/A	N/A
Kayne Anderson BDC	$161.00 million	7.37	$77.07 million	N/A	N/A

Kayne Anderson BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Coliseum Acquisition.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

25.8% of Coliseum Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.6% of Coliseum Acquisition shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Kayne Anderson BDC shares are owned 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coliseum Acquisition	N/A	-16.55%	-9.51%
Kayne Anderson BDC	59.80%	12.65%	6.77%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Coliseum Acquisition and Kayne Anderson BDC, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coliseum Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00
Kayne Anderson BDC	0	2	2	1	2.80

Kayne Anderson BDC has a consensus target price of $17.30, indicating a potential upside of 3.59%. Given Kayne Anderson BDC’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kayne Anderson BDC is more favorable than Coliseum Acquisition.

Summary

Kayne Anderson BDC beats Coliseum Acquisition on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Coliseum Acquisition

Coliseum Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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.