FSCO vs. OXLC, PUYI, RONI, CSTR, EMD, DHF, MFV, AGD, AWP, and THQ
Should you be buying FS Credit Opportunities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FS Credit Opportunities include Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Highest Performances (PUYI), Rice Acquisition Corp. II (RONI), CapStar Financial (CSTR), Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), MFS Special Value Trust (MFV), Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), and Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) and FS Credit Opportunities (NYSE:FSCO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
Oxford Lane Capital received 197 more outperform votes than FS Credit Opportunities when rated by MarketBeat users.
Oxford Lane Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FS Credit Opportunities.
Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS Credit Opportunities has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.5%. FS Credit Opportunities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 95.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Oxford Lane Capital has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and FS Credit Opportunities has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Oxford Lane Capital currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.61%. Given FS Credit Opportunities' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Oxford Lane Capital is more favorable than FS Credit Opportunities.
6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, FS Credit Opportunities had 2 more articles in the media than Oxford Lane Capital. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for FS Credit Opportunities and 1 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital. FS Credit Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Oxford Lane Capital's score of 1.20 indicating that Oxford Lane Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Oxford Lane Capital beats FS Credit Opportunities on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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