Evergreen (NASDAQ:EVGR) versus Kayne Anderson BDC (NYSE:KBDC) Financial Contrast

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

69.3% of Evergreen shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Kayne Anderson BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 42.2% of Evergreen shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

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

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

Kayne Anderson BDC presently has a consensus target price of $17.30, suggesting a potential upside of 3.31%. Given Kayne Anderson BDC’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kayne Anderson BDC is more favorable than Evergreen.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kayne Anderson BDC	$122.29 million	9.73	$77.07 million	N/A	N/A
Evergreen	N/A	N/A	$3.67 million	$0.28	42.74

Kayne Anderson BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Evergreen.

Profitability

This table compares Kayne Anderson BDC and Evergreen’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%
Evergreen	N/A	-31.43%	4.04%

Summary

Kayne Anderson BDC beats Evergreen on 9 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 Evergreen

Evergreen Corporation is a blank check company. It intends to enter into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.