OXLC vs. PUYI, FSCO, EMD, RONI, DHF, AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, and THW
Should you be buying Oxford Lane Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Lane Capital include Highest Performances (PUYI), FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO), Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD), Rice Acquisition Corp. II (RONI), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ), Abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund (ACP), and Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) and Highest Performances (NASDAQ:PUYI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 87.6% of Highest Performances shares are owned 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.
Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Highest Performances has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Oxford Lane Capital received 152 more outperform votes than Highest Performances when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave Highest Performances an outperform vote while only 58.81% of users gave Oxford Lane Capital an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Oxford Lane Capital had 7 more articles in the media than Highest Performances. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital and 0 mentions for Highest Performances. Highest Performances' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Oxford Lane Capital's score of 0.94 indicating that Highest Performances is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Oxford Lane Capital currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.52%. Given Oxford Lane Capital's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Oxford Lane Capital is more favorable than Highest Performances.
Oxford Lane Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Highest Performances.
Summary
Oxford Lane Capital beats Highest Performances on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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