Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL) Competitors

Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) and Main Street Capital (NYSE:MAIN) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, OCSL or MAIN?

Main Street Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Oaktree Specialty Lending. Main Street Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oaktree Specialty Lending, 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
Oaktree Specialty Lending	-$1.54M	-831.45	$57.90M	$0.13	111.96
Main Street Capital	$607.66M	8.57	$428.45M	$5.89	9.93

Which has more risk and volatility, OCSL or MAIN?

Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Main Street Capital has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer OCSL or MAIN?

Oaktree Specialty Lending currently has a consensus target price of $15.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.78%. Main Street Capital has a consensus target price of $52.80, suggesting a potential downside of 9.71%. Given Oaktree Specialty Lending's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Oaktree Specialty Lending is more favorable than Main Street Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oaktree Specialty Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Main Street Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in OCSL or MAIN?

36.8% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.3% of Main Street Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Main Street Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OCSL or MAIN?

Oaktree Specialty Lending received 83 more outperform votes than Main Street Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.02% of users gave Oaktree Specialty Lending an outperform vote while only 56.32% of users gave Main Street Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Oaktree Specialty Lending	Outperform Votes 484 59.02%	Underperform Votes 336 40.98%
Main Street Capital	Outperform Votes 401 56.32%	Underperform Votes 311 43.68%

Is OCSL or MAIN more profitable?

Main Street Capital has a net margin of 89.25% compared to Oaktree Specialty Lending's net margin of 14.75%. Main Street Capital's return on equity of 13.83% beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oaktree Specialty Lending	14.75%	12.07%	5.57%
Main Street Capital	89.25%	13.83%	7.37%

Does the media prefer OCSL or MAIN?

In the previous week, Main Street Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Oaktree Specialty Lending. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Main Street Capital and 4 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending. Oaktree Specialty Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Main Street Capital's score of 0.31 indicating that Oaktree Specialty Lending is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Oaktree Specialty Lending	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Main Street Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is OCSL or MAIN a better dividend stock?

Oaktree Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Main Street Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays out 1,230.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Main Street Capital pays out 50.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Main Street Capital has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Summary

Main Street Capital beats Oaktree Specialty Lending on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.