FSCO vs. OXLC, PUYI, EMD, DHF, PIM, MGF, GEG, AGD, AWP, and THQ
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), 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.
Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) and FS Credit Opportunities (NYSE:FSCO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.8%. FS Credit Opportunities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. 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. Oxford Lane Capital has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and FS Credit Opportunities has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Oxford Lane Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS Credit Opportunities has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Oxford Lane Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FS Credit Opportunities.
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 media.
Oxford Lane Capital received 197 more outperform votes than FS Credit Opportunities when rated by MarketBeat users.
Oxford Lane Capital currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.11%. Given FS Credit Opportunities' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Oxford Lane Capital is more favorable than FS Credit Opportunities.
Summary
Oxford Lane Capital and FS Credit Opportunities tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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