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OXSQ vs. BTO, NXP, PDT, ASA, ECC, MUJ, CCAP, DSU, PEO, and CION

Should you be buying Oxford Square Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Square Capital include John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), and CION Investment (CION). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Oxford Square Capital vs.

Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE:BTO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Oxford Square Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.9%. John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Oxford Square Capital pays out 4,200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

6.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are held 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.

Oxford Square Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Square Capital$3.46M48.48$17.24M$0.01235.00
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund$142.41M4.69N/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, Oxford Square Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Oxford Square Capital Neutral
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Neutral

Oxford Square Capital has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund received 63 more outperform votes than Oxford Square Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.27% of users gave John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave Oxford Square Capital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Oxford Square CapitalOutperform Votes
93
55.03%
Underperform Votes
76
44.97%
John Hancock Financial Opportunities FundOutperform Votes
156
70.27%
Underperform Votes
66
29.73%

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Oxford Square Capital's net margin of -10.48%. Oxford Square Capital's return on equity of 18.58% beat John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Oxford Square Capital-10.48% 18.58% 9.76%
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund N/A N/A N/A

Summary

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund beats Oxford Square Capital on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OXSQ vs. The Competition

MetricOxford Square CapitalInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$169.16M$6.92B$11.47B$8.39B
Dividend Yield17.35%6.79%5.45%4.11%
P/E Ratio-23.503.5722.4219.71
Price / Sales48.4821.8627.63120.67
Price / Cash6.097.5117.6234.62
Price / Book0.900.882.774.50
Net Income$17.24M$66.51M$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-4.08%-0.92%-1.34%-0.78%
1 Month Performance-3.69%2.85%5.24%11.53%
1 Year Performance-23.70%0.98%538.04%8.99%

Oxford Square Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OXSQ
Oxford Square Capital
0.748 of 5 stars
$2.35
-0.2%
N/A-23.9%$167.37M$3.46M-23.45N/A
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$34.79
-0.7%
N/A+18.2%$686.82M$142.41M0.002,719
NXP
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
N/A$14.09
-0.1%
N/A-1.1%$659.62M$75.19M0.0040,400News Coverage
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$12.74
-0.2%
N/A+8.1%$626.62M$198.30M0.00147,000News Coverage
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$29.09
+2.1%
N/A+63.0%$626.13M$118.94M0.001,100
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
3.0782 of 5 stars
$7.80
-1.1%
$10.33
+32.5%
-27.7%$600.19M$97.61M9.29N/AUpcoming Earnings
MUJ
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund
N/A$11.02
+0.1%
N/A-3.3%$594.93M$12.23M0.00N/APositive News
CCAP
Crescent Capital BDC
2.3359 of 5 stars
$15.61
+1.2%
$17.60
+12.7%
-14.5%$578.51M$83.50M7.84N/ADividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.42
-0.1%
N/A-5.5%$567.59M$44.55M0.00N/A
PEO
Adams Natural Resources Fund
N/A$20.45
-1.6%
N/A-13.4%$537.37M$34.82M0.0018News Coverage
Positive News
CION
CION Investment
2.6139 of 5 stars
$9.93
+1.1%
$11.00
+10.8%
-23.9%$523.18M$-2,967,000.006.76N/APositive News

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This page (NASDAQ:OXSQ) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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