FSCO vs. OXLC, PUYI, EMD, DHF, AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, and AVK
Should you be buying FS Credit Opportunities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FS Credit Opportunities include Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Highest Performances (PUYI), Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ), Abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund (ACP), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), and Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
FS Credit Opportunities (NYSE:FSCO) and Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
FS Credit Opportunities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.9%. 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.
36.4% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Oxford Lane Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FS Credit Opportunities.
In the previous week, FS Credit Opportunities had 2 more articles in the media than Oxford Lane Capital. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FS Credit Opportunities and 3 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital. FS Credit Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Oxford Lane Capital's score of 0.17 indicating that FS Credit Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FS Credit Opportunities has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oxford Lane Capital received 197 more outperform votes than FS Credit Opportunities when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
FS Credit Opportunities beats Oxford Lane Capital on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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