Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:MCAA) & Kayne Anderson BDC (NYSE:KBDC) Critical Survey

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

Profitability

This table compares Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp. and Kayne Anderson BDC’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kayne Anderson BDC	52.29%	11.79%	6.08%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp. and Kayne Anderson BDC, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp.	0	0	0	0	0.00
Kayne Anderson BDC	0	2	2	1	2.80

Kayne Anderson BDC has a consensus target price of $17.10, suggesting a potential upside of 2.70%. Given Kayne Anderson BDC’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kayne Anderson BDC is more favorable than Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp..

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp. and Kayne Anderson BDC”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kayne Anderson BDC	$96.51 million	12.26	$77.07 million	N/A	N/A

Kayne Anderson BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp..

Institutional & Insider Ownership

64.2% of Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp. shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Kayne Anderson BDC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Kayne Anderson BDC beats Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp. on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp.

Mountain & Co. I 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 or entities in consumer Internet and B2B digital infrastructure sectors. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

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.