Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL) Competitors

Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) and Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate CNS or OCSL?

Cohen & Steers presently has a consensus target price of $106.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.90%. Oaktree Specialty Lending has a consensus target price of $16.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.82%. Given Cohen & Steers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cohen & Steers is more favorable than Oaktree Specialty Lending.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cohen & Steers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Oaktree Specialty Lending	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Is CNS or OCSL a better dividend stock?

Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.0%. Cohen & Steers pays out 88.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays out 305.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cohen & Steers has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer CNS or OCSL?

In the previous week, Oaktree Specialty Lending had 5 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending and 4 mentions for Cohen & Steers. Cohen & Steers' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's score of 0.82 indicating that Cohen & Steers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cohen & Steers	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Oaktree Specialty Lending	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CNS or OCSL?

51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 47.0% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CNS or OCSL?

Cohen & Steers has higher revenue and earnings than Oaktree Specialty Lending. Oaktree Specialty Lending is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cohen & Steers, 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
Cohen & Steers	$489.64M	9.10	$129.05M	$2.68	32.87
Oaktree Specialty Lending	$381.67M	3.38	$57.90M	$0.72	21.78

Is CNS or OCSL more profitable?

Cohen & Steers has a net margin of 27.23% compared to Oaktree Specialty Lending's net margin of 15.17%. Cohen & Steers' return on equity of 32.75% beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cohen & Steers	27.23%	32.75%	19.43%
Oaktree Specialty Lending	15.17%	11.91%	5.48%

Which has more volatility & risk, CNS or OCSL?

Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CNS or OCSL?

Oaktree Specialty Lending received 246 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.39% of users gave Oaktree Specialty Lending an outperform vote while only 54.71% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cohen & Steers	Outperform Votes 238 54.71%	Underperform Votes 197 45.29%
Oaktree Specialty Lending	Outperform Votes 484 59.39%	Underperform Votes 331 40.61%

Summary

Cohen & Steers beats Oaktree Specialty Lending on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.