Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ) Competitors

Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) and BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (NYSE:MUJ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk and profitability.

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

6.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of Oxford Square Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, OXSQ or MUJ?

Oxford Square Capital has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OXSQ or MUJ a better dividend stock?

Oxford Square Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.6%. BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Oxford Square Capital pays out 247.1% 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 media favor OXSQ or MUJ?

In the previous week, BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Oxford Square Capital. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund and 2 mentions for Oxford Square Capital. Oxford Square Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund's score of 0.40 indicating that Oxford Square Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Oxford Square Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OXSQ or MUJ?

BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund received 35 more outperform votes than Oxford Square Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.97% of users gave BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund an outperform vote while only 58.49% of users gave Oxford Square Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Oxford Square Capital	Outperform Votes 93 58.49%	Underperform Votes 66 41.51%
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund	Outperform Votes 128 64.97%	Underperform Votes 69 35.03%

Do analysts recommend OXSQ or MUJ?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oxford Square Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better earnings and valuation, OXSQ or MUJ?

Oxford Square Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Square Capital	$8.13M	21.07	$17.24M	$0.17	16.88
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund	$21.45M	30.43	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is OXSQ or MUJ more profitable?

Oxford Square Capital has a net margin of 6.05% compared to BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Oxford Square Capital's return on equity of 18.70% beat BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oxford Square Capital	6.05%	18.70%	9.93%
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Oxford Square Capital and BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.