OCSL vs. AMG, CNS, MAIN, GBDC, PSEC, VRTS, CSWC, TCPC, SLRC, and FDUS
Should you be buying Oaktree Specialty Lending stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oaktree Specialty Lending include Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), SLR Investment (SLRC), and Fidus Investment (FDUS). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE:AMG) and Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Affiliated Managers Group has a net margin of 33.74% compared to Affiliated Managers Group's net margin of 25.90%. Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity of 16.66% beat Affiliated Managers Group's return on equity.
Affiliated Managers Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Affiliated Managers Group pays out 0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays out 164.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Affiliated Managers Group currently has a consensus target price of $174.40, suggesting a potential downside of 1.08%. Oaktree Specialty Lending has a consensus target price of $20.17, suggesting a potential upside of 9.78%. Given Affiliated Managers Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Oaktree Specialty Lending is more favorable than Affiliated Managers Group.
95.3% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Oaktree Specialty Lending had 2 more articles in the media than Affiliated Managers Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending and 5 mentions for Affiliated Managers Group. Affiliated Managers Group's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's score of 0.91 indicating that Oaktree Specialty Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Affiliated Managers Group has higher revenue and earnings than Oaktree Specialty Lending. Affiliated Managers Group 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.
Affiliated Managers Group has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Affiliated Managers Group received 154 more outperform votes than Oaktree Specialty Lending when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.19% of users gave Affiliated Managers Group an outperform vote while only 60.50% of users gave Oaktree Specialty Lending an outperform vote.
Summary
Affiliated Managers Group beats Oaktree Specialty Lending on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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