FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) versus Baltic International USA (OTCMKTS:BISA) Head to Head Survey

FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) and Baltic International USA (OTCMKTS:BISA) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Volatility & Risk

FS KKR Capital has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baltic International USA has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares FS KKR Capital and Baltic International USA”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FS KKR Capital	$1.72 billion	N/A	$585.00 million	$0.78	19.29
Baltic International USA	N/A	N/A	-$30,000.00	($0.01)	-0.60

FS KKR Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Baltic International USA. Baltic International USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FS KKR Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares FS KKR Capital and Baltic International USA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FS KKR Capital	13.24%	6.24%	2.75%
Baltic International USA	N/A	N/A	-806.45%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.4% of Baltic International USA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for FS KKR Capital and Baltic International USA, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FS KKR Capital	0	8	0	0	2.00
Baltic International USA	0	0	0	0	0.00

FS KKR Capital presently has a consensus price target of $17.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.94%. Given FS KKR Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe FS KKR Capital is more favorable than Baltic International USA.

Summary

FS KKR Capital beats Baltic International USA on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About FS KKR Capital

FS KKR Capital Corp. is a business development company specializing in investments in debt securities. It provides customized credit solutions to private middle market U.S. companies. It invest primarily in the senior secured debt and, to a lesser extent, the subordinated debt of private middle market U.S. companies. It seeks to purchase interests in loans through secondary market transactions or directly from the target companies as primary market investments. It also seeks to invest in first lien senior secured loans, second lien secured loans and, to a lesser extent, subordinated loans, or mezzanine loans. In connection with the debt investments, the firm also receives equity interests such as warrants or options as additional consideration. It also seek to purchase minority interests in the form of common or preferred equity in our target companies, either in conjunction with one of the debt investments or through a co-investment with a financial sponsor. Additionally, on an opportunistic basis, the fund may also invest in corporate bonds and similar debt securities. The fund does not seek to invest in start-up companies, turnaround situations, or companies with speculative business plans. It seeks to invest in small and middle-market companies based in United States. The fund seeks to invest in firms with annual revenue between $10 million to $2.5 billion. It focus on providing customized one-stop credit solutions to private upper middle market companies with annual EBITDA of $50 million to $100 million at the time of investment. It seeks to exit from securities by selling them in a privately negotiated over- the- counter market. For any investments that are not able to be sold within the secondary market, the firm seeks to exit such investments through repayment, an initial public offering of equity securities, merger, sale or recapitalization.

About Baltic International USA

Baltic International USA, Inc. does not have significant operations. It intends to investigate and acquire a target company or business seeking to become a publicly held corporation. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Houston, Texas.