Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ) Competitors

Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXP) and Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Is NXP or OXSQ more profitable?

Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 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 Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Square Capital	-10.48%	18.58%	9.76%

Which has more volatility & risk, NXP or OXSQ?

Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Square Capital has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NXP or OXSQ?

In the previous week, Oxford Square Capital had 6 more articles in the media than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Oxford Square Capital and 5 mentions for Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Oxford Square Capital's score of 0.81 indicating that Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Oxford Square Capital	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NXP or OXSQ a better dividend stock?

Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Oxford Square Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.7%. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NXP or OXSQ?

Oxford Square Capital received 22 more outperform votes than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.96% of users gave Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio an outperform vote while only 55.36% of users gave Oxford Square Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	Outperform Votes 71 63.96%	Underperform Votes 40 36.04%
Oxford Square Capital	Outperform Votes 93 55.36%	Underperform Votes 75 44.64%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NXP or OXSQ?

16.2% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, NXP or OXSQ?

Oxford Square Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	$75.19M	8.78	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Square Capital	$9.96M	17.65	$17.24M	$0.01	252.00

Summary

Oxford Square Capital beats Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.