Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL) Competitors

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

Is MAIN or OCSL a better dividend stock?

Main Street Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Main Street Capital pays out 51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays out 238.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor MAIN or OCSL?

In the previous week, Oaktree Specialty Lending had 5 more articles in the media than Main Street Capital. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending and 7 mentions for Main Street Capital. Oaktree Specialty Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Main Street Capital's score of 1.04 indicating that Oaktree Specialty Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Main Street Capital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Oaktree Specialty Lending	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MAIN or OCSL?

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
Main Street Capital	$601.25M	7.89	$428.45M	$5.84	9.17
Oaktree Specialty Lending	$48.88M	24.23	$57.90M	$0.67	21.49

Is MAIN or OCSL 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
Main Street Capital	89.25%	13.83%	7.37%
Oaktree Specialty Lending	14.75%	12.07%	5.57%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MAIN or OCSL?

20.3% of Main Street Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Main Street Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Oaktree Specialty Lending 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 and risk, MAIN or OCSL?

Main Street Capital has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend MAIN or OCSL?

Main Street Capital presently has a consensus price target of $52.60, suggesting a potential downside of 1.77%. Oaktree Specialty Lending has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. Given Oaktree Specialty Lending's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Oaktree Specialty Lending is more favorable than Main Street Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Main Street Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Oaktree Specialty Lending	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MAIN or OCSL?

Oaktree Specialty Lending received 83 more outperform votes than Main Street Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.17% of users gave Oaktree Specialty Lending an outperform vote while only 56.64% of users gave Main Street Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Main Street Capital	Outperform Votes 401 56.64%	Underperform Votes 307 43.36%
Oaktree Specialty Lending	Outperform Votes 484 59.17%	Underperform Votes 334 40.83%

Summary

Main Street Capital beats Oaktree Specialty Lending on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.