OXLC vs. FSCO, PUYI, EMD, DHF, PIM, MGF, GEG, AGD, AWP, and THQ
Should you be buying Oxford Lane Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Lane Capital include FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO), Highest Performances (PUYI), Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (PIM), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF), Great Elm Group (GEG), Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), and Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
FS Credit Opportunities has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oxford Lane Capital received 197 more outperform votes than FS Credit Opportunities when rated by MarketBeat users.
Oxford Lane Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FS Credit Opportunities.
FS Credit Opportunities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.8%. 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. FS Credit Opportunities has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Oxford Lane Capital has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Oxford Lane Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, FS Credit Opportunities had 3 more articles in the media than Oxford Lane Capital. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FS Credit Opportunities and 2 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital. FS Credit Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Oxford Lane Capital's score of 1.74 indicating that Oxford Lane Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Oxford Lane Capital has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.11%. Given FS Credit Opportunities' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oxford Lane Capital is more favorable than FS Credit Opportunities.
36.4% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
FS Credit Opportunities and Oxford Lane Capital tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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