OCCI vs. SAR, HQL, LEO, MYN, KTF, ZTR, JOF, ASG, MIN, and MHN
Should you be buying OFS Credit stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OFS Credit include Saratoga Investment (SAR), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Virtus Total Return Fund (ZTR), Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
OFS Credit vs. Its Competitors
Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) and OFS Credit (NASDAQ:OCCI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
19.1% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.8% of OFS Credit shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of OFS Credit shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Saratoga Investment presently has a consensus price target of $24.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.88%. Given Saratoga Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Saratoga Investment is more favorable than OFS Credit.
Saratoga Investment has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFS Credit has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Saratoga Investment has higher revenue and earnings than OFS Credit. Saratoga Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OFS Credit, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Saratoga Investment has a net margin of 24.85% compared to OFS Credit's net margin of 0.00%. Saratoga Investment's return on equity of 12.71% beat OFS Credit's return on equity.
Saratoga Investment pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. OFS Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.9%. Saratoga Investment pays out 121.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OFS Credit pays out 805.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Saratoga Investment had 19 more articles in the media than OFS Credit. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Saratoga Investment and 2 mentions for OFS Credit. OFS Credit's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Saratoga Investment's score of 0.13 indicating that OFS Credit is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Saratoga Investment beats OFS Credit on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OCCI) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff