OFS Credit (OCCI) Competitors

OFS Credit (NASDAQ:OCCI) and ASA Gold and Precious Metals (NYSE:ASA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.

Is OCCI or ASA more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OFS Credit	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer OCCI or ASA?

In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals had 4 more articles in the media than OFS Credit. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and 0 mentions for OFS Credit. ASA Gold and Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat OFS Credit's score of 0.00 indicating that ASA Gold and Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
OFS Credit	Neutral
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, OCCI or ASA?

OFS Credit has higher revenue and earnings than ASA Gold and Precious Metals.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OFS Credit	$30.70M	3.64	$11.81M	$0.75	9.47
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in OCCI or ASA?

23.8% of OFS Credit shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of OFS Credit shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OCCI or ASA?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals received 39 more outperform votes than OFS Credit when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.49% of users gave ASA Gold and Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 58.02% of users gave OFS Credit an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OFS Credit	Outperform Votes 47 58.02%	Underperform Votes 34 41.98%
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 86 70.49%	Underperform Votes 36 29.51%

Which has more risk & volatility, OCCI or ASA?

OFS Credit has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OCCI or ASA a better dividend stock?

OFS Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.7%. ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. OFS Credit pays out 168.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

OFS Credit and ASA Gold and Precious Metals tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.