Analyzing Invent Ventures (OTCMKTS:IDEA) & Kayne Anderson BDC (NYSE:KBDC)

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

Profitability

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

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Invent Ventures	$790,000.00	1.52	$710,000.00	N/A	N/A
Kayne Anderson BDC	$213.11 million	4.72	$131.94 million	$1.69	8.44

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

Risk and Volatility

Invent Ventures has a beta of -50.51, meaning that its stock price is 5,151% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kayne Anderson BDC has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Invent Ventures and Kayne Anderson BDC, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Invent Ventures	0	0	0	0	0.00
Kayne Anderson BDC	0	2	2	0	2.50

Kayne Anderson BDC has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.71%. Given Kayne Anderson BDC’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kayne Anderson BDC is more favorable than Invent Ventures.

Summary

Kayne Anderson BDC beats Invent Ventures on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.