Financial Contrast: Kayne Anderson BDC (NYSE:KBDC) and Invent Ventures (OTCMKTS:IDEA)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Kayne Anderson BDC and Invent Ventures, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kayne Anderson BDC	0	1	3	0	2.75
Invent Ventures	0	0	0	0	0.00

Kayne Anderson BDC presently has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.88%. Given Kayne Anderson BDC’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kayne Anderson BDC is more favorable than Invent Ventures.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kayne Anderson BDC	$213.11 million	4.52	$131.94 million	$1.69	8.08
Invent Ventures	$790,000.00	3.24	$710,000.00	N/A	N/A

Kayne Anderson BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Invent Ventures.

Profitability

This table compares Kayne Anderson BDC and Invent Ventures’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kayne Anderson BDC	52.99%	10.90%	5.97%
Invent Ventures	91.12%	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Kayne Anderson BDC has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invent Ventures has a beta of -52.44, suggesting that its share price is 5,344% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kayne Anderson BDC beats Invent Ventures on 9 of the 10 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 Invent Ventures

Invent Ventures, Inc., formerly known as Los Angeles Syndicate of Technology, Inc., is venture capital firm specializing in incubation, seed, start ups, growth capital, and early stage investments. The firm prefers to invest in technology companies including web-based software, digital media, mobile applications, social media, consumer internet, online advertising and healthcare technology . It prefers to invest in the Los Angeles area of United States. The firm seeks to invest up to $0.25 million. Invent Ventures, Inc. was founded on August 18, 2005 and is based in Santa Monica, California.