Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ) Competitors

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (NYSE:EMF) and Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Does the media refer more to EMF or OXSQ?

In the previous week, Oxford Square Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Templeton Emerging Markets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Oxford Square Capital and 1 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Fund. Oxford Square Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Templeton Emerging Markets Fund's score of 0.68 indicating that Templeton Emerging Markets Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund	Positive
Oxford Square Capital	Positive

Is EMF or OXSQ a better dividend stock?

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Oxford Square Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Oxford Square Capital pays out 247.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Templeton Emerging Markets Fund has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EMF or OXSQ?

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund received 35 more outperform votes than Oxford Square Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.57% of users gave Templeton Emerging Markets Fund an outperform vote while only 59.24% of users gave Oxford Square Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund	Outperform Votes 128 69.57%	Underperform Votes 56 30.43%
Oxford Square Capital	Outperform Votes 93 59.24%	Underperform Votes 64 40.76%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of EMF or OXSQ?

49.9% of Templeton Emerging Markets Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Oxford Square Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, EMF or OXSQ?

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Square Capital has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, EMF or OXSQ?

Oxford Square Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Templeton Emerging Markets Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund	$17.00M	11.47	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Square Capital	$51.82M	3.72	$17.24M	$0.17	19.00

Is EMF or OXSQ more profitable?

Oxford Square Capital has a net margin of 18.57% compared to Oxford Square Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Templeton Emerging Markets Fund's return on equity of 17.71% beat Oxford Square Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Square Capital	18.57%	17.71%	9.06%

Do analysts recommend EMF or OXSQ?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Oxford Square Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Oxford Square Capital beats Templeton Emerging Markets Fund on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.