Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC) Competitors

Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) and FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in OXLC or FSK?

6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are owned by 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.

Do analysts rate OXLC or FSK?

FS KKR Capital has a consensus target price of $18.92, indicating a potential upside of 6.75%. Given FS KKR Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FS KKR Capital 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
FS KKR Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83

Is OXLC or FSK a better dividend stock?

Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 33.1%. FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 141.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FS KKR Capital pays out 328.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Oxford Lane Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, OXLC or FSK?

FS KKR Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Oxford Lane Capital. Oxford Lane Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FS KKR Capital, 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	27.99	$376.14M	$0.83	4.27
FS KKR Capital	$1.72B	N/A	$585M	$0.78	22.72

Does the media prefer OXLC or FSK?

In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 21 more articles in the media than Oxford Lane Capital. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 5 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital. Oxford Lane Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat FS KKR Capital's score of -0.13 indicating that Oxford Lane Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Oxford Lane Capital	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FS KKR Capital	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is OXLC or FSK more profitable?

FS KKR Capital has a net margin of 13.24% compared to Oxford Lane Capital's net margin of 0.00%. FS KKR Capital's return on equity of 6.24% 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
FS KKR Capital	13.24%	6.24%	2.75%

Which has more volatility and risk, OXLC or FSK?

Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS KKR Capital has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FS KKR Capital beats Oxford Lane Capital on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.