OXSQ vs. NPV, EMF, TDF, VTN, VBF, INSI, BKN, MPV, TSI, and MPA
Should you be buying Oxford Square Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Square Capital include Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), Invesco Bond Fund (VBF), Insight Select Income Fund (INSI), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), Barings Participation Investors (MPV), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), and BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund (MPA). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) and Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NPV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Oxford Square Capital has a net margin of 33.26% compared to Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Oxford Square Capital's return on equity of 17.81% beat Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund's return on equity.
6.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Oxford Square Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Oxford Square Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund.
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund received 23 more outperform votes than Oxford Square Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.04% of users gave Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund an outperform vote while only 59.24% of users gave Oxford Square Capital an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Oxford Square Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Oxford Square Capital and 0 mentions for Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund. Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Oxford Square Capital's score of -1.00 indicating that Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Oxford Square Capital has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Oxford Square Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Oxford Square Capital pays out 127.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Oxford Square Capital beats Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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