Mexico Equity & Income Fund (MXE) Competitors

Mexico Equity & Income Fund (NYSE:MXE) and Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Is MXE or OXSQ more profitable?

Mexico Equity & Income Fund has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Oxford Square Capital's net margin of -10.48%. Oxford Square Capital's return on equity of 18.58% beat Mexico Equity & Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mexico Equity & Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Square Capital	-10.48%	18.58%	9.76%

Is MXE or OXSQ a better dividend stock?

Mexico Equity & Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Oxford Square Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.8%. Oxford Square Capital pays out 4,200.0% 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 MarketBeat Community prefer MXE or OXSQ?

Oxford Square Capital received 12 more outperform votes than Mexico Equity & Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.42% of users gave Mexico Equity & Income Fund an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave Oxford Square Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mexico Equity & Income Fund	Outperform Votes 81 76.42%	Underperform Votes 25 23.58%
Oxford Square Capital	Outperform Votes 93 55.03%	Underperform Votes 76 44.97%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MXE or OXSQ?

6.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Mexico Equity & Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, MXE or OXSQ?

Mexico Equity & Income Fund has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Square Capital has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, MXE or OXSQ?

Oxford Square Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Mexico Equity & Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mexico Equity & Income Fund	-$14.92M	-2.90	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Square Capital	$3.46M	48.69	$17.24M	$0.01	236.00

Does the media prefer MXE or OXSQ?

In the previous week, Oxford Square Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Mexico Equity & Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Oxford Square Capital and 0 mentions for Mexico Equity & Income Fund. Oxford Square Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Mexico Equity & Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Oxford Square Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mexico Equity & Income Fund	Neutral
Oxford Square Capital	Very Positive

Summary

Oxford Square Capital beats Mexico Equity & Income Fund on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.