Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP) Competitors

Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) and Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is OXLC or CCAP more profitable?

Crescent Capital BDC has a net margin of 37.32% compared to Oxford Lane Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Crescent Capital BDC's return on equity of 11.90% beat Oxford Lane Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oxford Lane Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A
Crescent Capital BDC	37.32%	11.90%	5.40%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OXLC or CCAP?

6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OXLC or CCAP?

Oxford Lane Capital received 162 more outperform votes than Crescent Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.81% of users gave Oxford Lane Capital an outperform vote while only 52.24% of users gave Crescent Capital BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Oxford Lane Capital	Outperform Votes 197 58.81%	Underperform Votes 138 41.19%
Crescent Capital BDC	Outperform Votes 35 52.24%	Underperform Votes 32 47.76%

Which has better earnings and valuation, OXLC or CCAP?

Oxford Lane Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Crescent Capital BDC. Oxford Lane Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crescent Capital BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Lane Capital	$57.31M	34.56	$376.14M	$0.83	5.27
Crescent Capital BDC	$60.50M	9.00	$83.84M	$1.34	10.97

Does the media refer more to OXLC or CCAP?

In the previous week, Oxford Lane Capital and Oxford Lane Capital both had 3 articles in the media. Crescent Capital BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Oxford Lane Capital's score of 0.96 indicating that Crescent Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Oxford Lane Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crescent Capital BDC	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend OXLC or CCAP?

Crescent Capital BDC has a consensus price target of $17.60, suggesting a potential upside of 19.73%. Given Crescent Capital BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Capital BDC is more favorable than Oxford Lane Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oxford Lane Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Crescent Capital BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is OXLC or CCAP a better dividend stock?

Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 24.7%. Crescent Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 130.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crescent Capital BDC pays out 125.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crescent Capital BDC has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility and risk, OXLC or CCAP?

Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats Oxford Lane Capital on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.