FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO) Competitors

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

Is CSW or FSCO a better dividend stock?

CSW Industrials pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. FS Credit Opportunities pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. CSW Industrials pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CSW Industrials has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Is CSW or FSCO 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
CSW Industrials	15.18%	13.78%	10.43%
FS Credit Opportunities	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CSW or FSCO?

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
CSW Industrials	$878.30M	5.24	$136.65M	$8.37	32.71
FS Credit Opportunities	$195.93M	7.61	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to CSW or FSCO?

In the previous week, CSW Industrials had 13 more articles in the media than FS Credit Opportunities. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for CSW Industrials and 4 mentions for FS Credit Opportunities. FS Credit Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat CSW Industrials' score of 1.05 indicating that FS Credit Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CSW Industrials	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FS Credit Opportunities	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CSW or FSCO?

82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of CSW Industrials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CSW or FSCO?

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

Do analysts rate CSW or FSCO?

CSW Industrials currently has a consensus price target of $319.75, suggesting a potential upside of 16.80%. Given CSW Industrials' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe CSW Industrials is more favorable than FS Credit Opportunities.

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

Summary

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