Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer OXLC or DNP?

In the previous week, Oxford Lane Capital had 5 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital and 1 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. Oxford Lane Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.00 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)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OXLC or DNP?

6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, OXLC or DNP?

Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OXLC or DNP a better dividend stock?

Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.0%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 99.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend OXLC or DNP?

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)	N/A
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OXLC or DNP?

Oxford Lane Capital received 3 more outperform votes than DNP Select Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 58.81% of users gave Oxford Lane Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Oxford Lane Capital	Outperform Votes 197 58.81%	Underperform Votes 138 41.19%
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%

Is OXLC or DNP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oxford Lane Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has higher valuation & earnings, OXLC or DNP?

Oxford Lane Capital has higher revenue and earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Lane Capital	$246.66M	5.11	$241.81M	$1.01	5.21
DNP Select Income Fund	-$131.43M	-26.38	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Oxford Lane Capital beats DNP Select Income Fund on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.