FSCO vs. OXLC, PUYI, EMD, DHF, PIM, MGF, GEG, 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), Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (PIM), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF), Great Elm Group (GEG), 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 "asset management" industry.
FS Credit Opportunities (NYSE:FSCO) and Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Oxford Lane Capital received 197 more outperform votes than FS Credit Opportunities when rated by MarketBeat users.
FS Credit Opportunities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.7%. 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.
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, 0.2% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
Oxford Lane Capital has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.91%. Given Oxford Lane Capital's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Oxford Lane Capital is more favorable than FS Credit Opportunities.
In the previous week, Oxford Lane Capital had 2 more articles in the media than FS Credit Opportunities. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital and 6 mentions for FS Credit Opportunities. Oxford Lane Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat FS Credit Opportunities' score of 1.29 indicating that Oxford Lane Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FS Credit Opportunities has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oxford Lane Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FS Credit Opportunities.
Summary
Oxford Lane Capital beats FS Credit Opportunities on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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