Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OCSL or AMG?

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

Is OCSL or AMG 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
Oaktree Specialty Lending	14.75%	12.07%	5.57%
Affiliated Managers Group	25.06%	16.17%	7.88%

Do analysts recommend OCSL or AMG?

Oaktree Specialty Lending currently has a consensus target price of $16.75, suggesting a potential upside of 7.30%. Affiliated Managers Group has a consensus target price of $198.40, suggesting a potential upside of 16.11%. Given Affiliated Managers Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Affiliated Managers Group is more favorable than Oaktree Specialty Lending.

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

Does the media favor OCSL or AMG?

In the previous week, Oaktree Specialty Lending had 1 more articles in the media than Affiliated Managers Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending and 6 mentions for Affiliated Managers Group. Affiliated Managers Group's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's score of 1.23 indicating that Affiliated Managers Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Oaktree Specialty Lending	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Affiliated Managers Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is OCSL or AMG a better dividend stock?

Oaktree Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Affiliated Managers Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays out 238.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Affiliated Managers Group pays out 0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, OCSL or AMG?

Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Affiliated Managers Group has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in OCSL or AMG?

36.8% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are held by company 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, OCSL or AMG?

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
Oaktree Specialty Lending	$48.88M	26.26	$57.90M	$0.67	23.30
Affiliated Managers Group	$2.04B	2.45	$511.60M	$15.10	11.32

Summary

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