Oxford Square Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:OXSQ) Short Interest Up 110.3% in April

Oxford Square Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:OXSQ - Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 939,800 shares, an increase of 110.3% from the March 31st total of 446,900 shares. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 445,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days.

Oxford Square Capital Trading Down 0.8 %

OXSQ traded down $0.02 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $2.52. The company's stock had a trading volume of 446,152 shares, compared to its average volume of 424,340. Oxford Square Capital has a 12 month low of $2.28 and a 12 month high of $3.28. The business's 50-day moving average price is $2.59 and its 200-day moving average price is $2.66. The stock has a market cap of $175.87 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -25.20 and a beta of 0.73.

Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April 25th. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.01. Oxford Square Capital had a positive return on equity of 18.58% and a negative net margin of 10.48%. The business had revenue of $10.16 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.90 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.11 EPS.

Oxford Square Capital Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.035 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 16th. This represents a $0.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 16.67%. Oxford Square Capital's dividend payout ratio is 4,200.00%.

Institutional Trading of Oxford Square Capital

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of OXSQ. Two Sigma Advisers LP increased its holdings in Oxford Square Capital by 10.8% during the 4th quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 1,414,613 shares of the company's stock worth $3,452,000 after purchasing an additional 137,400 shares during the period. Virtus ETF Advisers LLC grew its holdings in Oxford Square Capital by 26.2% in the fourth quarter. Virtus ETF Advisers LLC now owns 190,194 shares of the company's stock worth $464,000 after purchasing an additional 39,466 shares during the last quarter. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC increased its position in Oxford Square Capital by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC now owns 154,800 shares of the company's stock valued at $378,000 after buying an additional 5,319 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC raised its position in shares of Oxford Square Capital by 23.9% in the 4th quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 142,335 shares of the company's stock valued at $347,000 after purchasing an additional 27,451 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of Oxford Square Capital by 74.3% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 107,096 shares of the company's stock valued at $261,000 after buying an additional 45,662 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 6.44% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, StockNews.com raised shares of Oxford Square Capital from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, April 26th.

About Oxford Square Capital

Oxford Square Capital Corp. is a business development company, operates as a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. It is a private equity and mezzanine firm. The firm invests in both public and private companies. It invests in secured and unsecured senior debt, subordinated debt, junior subordinated debt, preferred stock, common stock and syndicated bank loans.