FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO) Competitors

FS Credit Opportunities (NYSE:FSCO) and CSW Industrials (NYSE:CSW) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FSCO or CSW?

36.4% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of CSW Industrials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is FSCO or CSW a better dividend stock?

FS Credit Opportunities pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. CSW Industrials pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. CSW Industrials pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CSW Industrials has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, FSCO or CSW?

FS Credit Opportunities has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FSCO or CSW more profitable?

CSW Industrials has a net margin of 15.18% compared to FS Credit Opportunities' net margin of 0.00%. CSW Industrials' return on equity of 13.78% beat FS Credit Opportunities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FS Credit Opportunities	N/A	N/A	N/A
CSW Industrials	15.18%	13.78%	10.43%

Does the media prefer FSCO or CSW?

In the previous week, CSW Industrials had 6 more articles in the media than FS Credit Opportunities. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for CSW Industrials and 9 mentions for FS Credit Opportunities. FS Credit Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat CSW Industrials' score of 0.53 indicating that FS Credit Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FS Credit Opportunities	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CSW Industrials	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer FSCO or CSW?

CSW Industrials has a consensus price target of $319.75, indicating a potential upside of 22.08%. Given CSW Industrials' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CSW Industrials is more favorable than FS Credit Opportunities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FS Credit Opportunities	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
CSW Industrials	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FSCO or CSW?

CSW Industrials has higher revenue and earnings than FS Credit Opportunities.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FS Credit Opportunities	$206.19M	7.13	N/A	N/A	N/A
CSW Industrials	$878.30M	5.01	$136.65M	$8.37	31.29

Summary

CSW Industrials beats FS Credit Opportunities on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.