FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO) Competitors

FS Credit Opportunities (NYSE:FSCO) and Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, dividends and valuation.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FSCO or OXLC?

Oxford Lane Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FS Credit Opportunities.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FS Credit Opportunities	$206.19M	6.92	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Lane Capital	$57.31M	31.39	$376.14M	$0.83	4.78

Is FSCO or OXLC a better dividend stock?

FS Credit Opportunities pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 27.2%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 130.1% 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 prefer FSCO or OXLC?

In the previous week, Oxford Lane Capital had 9 more articles in the media than FS Credit Opportunities. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital and 2 mentions for FS Credit Opportunities. FS Credit Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Oxford Lane Capital's score of 0.82 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Oxford Lane Capital	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, FSCO or OXLC?

FS Credit Opportunities has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FSCO or OXLC more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FS Credit Opportunities	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Lane Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of FSCO or OXLC?

36.4% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Oxford Lane Capital beats FS Credit Opportunities on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.