Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL) Competitors

Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE:AMG) and Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Do analysts rate AMG or OCSL?

Affiliated Managers Group presently has a consensus target price of $198.40, suggesting a potential upside of 19.49%. Oaktree Specialty Lending has a consensus target price of $16.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.49%. Given Affiliated Managers Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Affiliated Managers Group is more favorable than Oaktree Specialty Lending.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Affiliated Managers Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Oaktree Specialty Lending	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AMG or OCSL?

Affiliated Managers Group has higher revenue and earnings than Oaktree Specialty Lending. Affiliated Managers Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oaktree Specialty Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Affiliated Managers Group	$2.04B	2.38	$511.60M	$15.10	11.00
Oaktree Specialty Lending	$381.67M	3.45	$57.90M	$0.67	23.93

Is AMG or OCSL more profitable?

Affiliated Managers Group has a net margin of 25.06% compared to Oaktree Specialty Lending's net margin of 14.75%. Affiliated Managers Group's return on equity of 16.17% beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Affiliated Managers Group	25.06%	16.17%	7.88%
Oaktree Specialty Lending	14.75%	12.07%	5.57%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AMG or OCSL?

95.3% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor AMG or OCSL?

In the previous week, Affiliated Managers Group had 5 more articles in the media than Oaktree Specialty Lending. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Affiliated Managers Group and 4 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending. Oaktree Specialty Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Affiliated Managers Group's score of 0.80 indicating that Oaktree Specialty Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Affiliated Managers Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Oaktree Specialty Lending	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMG or OCSL?

Affiliated Managers Group received 161 more outperform votes than Oaktree Specialty Lending when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.19% of users gave Affiliated Managers Group an outperform vote while only 59.39% of users gave Oaktree Specialty Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Affiliated Managers Group	Outperform Votes 645 71.19%	Underperform Votes 261 28.81%
Oaktree Specialty Lending	Outperform Votes 484 59.39%	Underperform Votes 331 40.61%

Which has more risk and volatility, AMG or OCSL?

Affiliated Managers Group has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AMG or OCSL a better dividend stock?

Affiliated Managers Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. Affiliated Managers Group pays out 0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays out 328.4% 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

Affiliated Managers Group beats Oaktree Specialty Lending on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.