OXLC vs. PFLT, MUC, PUYI, MVF, FSCO, TYG, EMD, TY, GAB, and USA
Should you be buying Oxford Lane Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Lane Capital include PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Highest Performances (PUYI), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD), Tri-Continental (TY), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), and Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital received 54 more outperform votes than Oxford Lane Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.81% of users gave Oxford Lane Capital an outperform vote while only 50.40% of users gave PennantPark Floating Rate Capital an outperform vote.
Oxford Lane Capital has higher revenue and earnings than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. Oxford Lane Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oxford Lane Capital presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.28%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a consensus price target of $11.75, indicating a potential upside of 1.38%. Given Oxford Lane Capital's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Oxford Lane Capital is more favorable than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a net margin of 43.40% compared to Oxford Lane Capital's net margin of 0.00%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity of 11.83% beat Oxford Lane Capital's return on equity.
In the previous week, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital had 5 more articles in the media than Oxford Lane Capital. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital and 1 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital. Oxford Lane Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's score of 0.82 indicating that Oxford Lane Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.6%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. 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. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 109.8% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats Oxford Lane Capital on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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