BBDC vs. OXLC, FSCO, PUYI, EMD, CIFR, AMAL, RONI, AACT, BFST, and MCB
Should you be buying Barings BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barings BDC include Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO), Highest Performances (PUYI), Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD), Cipher Mining (CIFR), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Rice Acquisition Corp. II (RONI), Ares Acquisition Co. II (AACT), Business First Bancshares (BFST), and Metropolitan Bank (MCB).
Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) and Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
44.1% of Barings BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Barings BDC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Barings BDC had 4 more articles in the media than Oxford Lane Capital. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Barings BDC and 2 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital. Oxford Lane Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Barings BDC's score of 0.26 indicating that Oxford Lane Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Barings BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.8%. Barings BDC pays out 84.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 95.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Barings BDC has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Barings BDC presently has a consensus target price of $9.58, indicating a potential downside of 3.59%. Oxford Lane Capital has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.11%. Given Oxford Lane Capital's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oxford Lane Capital is more favorable than Barings BDC.
Barings BDC has a net margin of 45.35% compared to Oxford Lane Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Barings BDC's return on equity of 10.77% beat Oxford Lane Capital's return on equity.
Oxford Lane Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barings BDC. Oxford Lane Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barings BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oxford Lane Capital received 94 more outperform votes than Barings BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.81% of users gave Oxford Lane Capital an outperform vote while only 58.19% of users gave Barings BDC an outperform vote.
Summary
Barings BDC beats Oxford Lane Capital on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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