Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ) Competitors

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.

Is OXSQ or BTO a better dividend stock?

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.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in OXSQ or BTO?

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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, OXSQ or BTO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Square Capital	$3.46M	48.48	$17.24M	$0.01	235.00
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund	$142.41M	4.69	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to OXSQ or BTO?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, OXSQ or BTO?

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OXSQ or BTO?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Oxford Square Capital	Outperform Votes 93 55.03%	Underperform Votes 76 44.97%
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund	Outperform Votes 156 70.27%	Underperform Votes 66 29.73%

Is OXSQ or BTO more profitable?

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.