Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC) Competitors

Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) and FS Credit Opportunities (NYSE:FSCO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Does the media refer more to OXLC or FSCO?

In the previous week, FS Credit Opportunities had 1 more articles in the media than Oxford Lane Capital. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for FS Credit Opportunities and 2 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital. FS Credit Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat Oxford Lane Capital's score of 0.93 indicating that FS Credit Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Oxford Lane Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FS Credit Opportunities	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OXLC or FSCO?

Oxford Lane Capital received 197 more outperform votes than FS Credit Opportunities when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Oxford Lane Capital	Outperform Votes 197 58.81%	Underperform Votes 138 41.19%
FS Credit Opportunities	N/A	N/A

Is OXLC or FSCO a better dividend stock?

Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.4%. FS Credit Opportunities pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 81.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, OXLC or FSCO?

Oxford Lane Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FS Credit Opportunities.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Lane Capital	-$158.43M	-4.89	$184.55M	$1.18	4.19
FS Credit Opportunities	-$136.82M	-7.58	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is OXLC or FSCO more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oxford Lane Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A
FS Credit Opportunities	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals believe in OXLC or FSCO?

6.5% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.0% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate OXLC or FSCO?

Oxford Lane Capital currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.21%. Given Oxford Lane Capital's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Oxford Lane Capital is more favorable than FS Credit Opportunities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oxford Lane Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
FS Credit Opportunities	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

FS Credit Opportunities beats Oxford Lane Capital on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.