Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) versus AlphaTime Acquisition (NASDAQ:ATMC) Head to Head Survey

AlphaTime Acquisition (NASDAQ:ATMC) and Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) are both small-cap companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for AlphaTime Acquisition and Bain Capital Specialty Finance, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AlphaTime Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	0	1	1	0	2.50

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.87%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance is more favorable than AlphaTime Acquisition.

Profitability

This table compares AlphaTime Acquisition and Bain Capital Specialty Finance’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AlphaTime Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	43.62%	11.90%	5.43%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

82.2% of AlphaTime Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of AlphaTime Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares AlphaTime Acquisition and Bain Capital Specialty Finance”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AlphaTime Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	$138.19 million	6.85	$123.38 million	$1.85	7.92

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has higher revenue and earnings than AlphaTime Acquisition.

Risk & Volatility

AlphaTime Acquisition has a beta of -0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats AlphaTime Acquisition on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AlphaTime Acquisition

AlphaTime 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 New York, New York.

About Bain Capital Specialty Finance

Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. is business development company specializing in direct loans to middle-market companies. The fund seeks to invest in senior investments with a first or second lien on collateral, senior first lien, stretch senior, senior second lien, unitranche, mezzanine debt, junior securities, other junior investments, and secondary purchases of assets or portfolios that primarily consist of middle-market corporate debt. It typically invests in companies with EBITDA between $10 million and $150 million.