OCSL vs. AMG, MAIN, CNS, GBDC, PSEC, VRTS, CSWC, TCPC, SLRC, and FDUS
Should you be buying Oaktree Specialty Lending stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oaktree Specialty Lending include Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), SLR Investment (SLRC), and Fidus Investment (FDUS). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE:AMG) and Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Affiliated Managers Group received 153 more outperform votes than Oaktree Specialty Lending when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.12% of users gave Affiliated Managers Group an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Oaktree Specialty Lending an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Affiliated Managers Group had 9 more articles in the media than Oaktree Specialty Lending. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Affiliated Managers Group and 4 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending. Affiliated Managers Group's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's score of 1.00 indicating that Oaktree Specialty Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Affiliated Managers Group currently has a consensus price target of $173.80, indicating a potential upside of 9.61%. Oaktree Specialty Lending has a consensus price target of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.20%. Given Oaktree Specialty Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Affiliated Managers Group is more favorable than Oaktree Specialty Lending.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Affiliated Managers Group has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 11.3%. Affiliated Managers Group pays out 0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays out 164.2% 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 has a net margin of 33.74% compared to Affiliated Managers Group's net margin of 25.90%. Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity of 16.66% beat Affiliated Managers Group's return on equity.
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.
Summary
Affiliated Managers Group beats Oaktree Specialty Lending on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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