Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC) Competitors

Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) and FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of OXLC or FSK?

6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend OXLC or FSK?

FS KKR Capital has a consensus target price of $20.70, indicating a potential upside of 9.29%. Given FS KKR Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FS KKR Capital is more favorable than Oxford Lane Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oxford Lane Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
FS KKR Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Does the media favor OXLC or FSK?

In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 9 more articles in the media than Oxford Lane Capital. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 12 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital. FS KKR Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Oxford Lane Capital's score of 0.47 indicating that FS KKR Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Oxford Lane Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
FS KKR Capital	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, OXLC or FSK?

FS KKR Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Oxford Lane Capital. Oxford Lane Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FS KKR Capital, 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
Oxford Lane Capital	$194.42M	7.95	$287.10M	$0.83	5.39
FS KKR Capital	$664M	7.99	$696M	$2.09	9.06

Which has more volatility & risk, OXLC or FSK?

Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS KKR Capital has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OXLC or FSK more profitable?

FS KKR Capital has a net margin of 29.98% compared to Oxford Lane Capital's net margin of 0.00%. FS KKR Capital's return on equity of 12.31% beat Oxford Lane Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oxford Lane Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A
FS KKR Capital	29.98%	12.31%	5.47%

Is OXLC or FSK a better dividend stock?

Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.7%. FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 127.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FS KKR Capital pays out 122.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OXLC or FSK?

Oxford Lane Capital received 118 more outperform votes than FS KKR Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.81% of users gave Oxford Lane Capital an outperform vote while only 47.59% of users gave FS KKR Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Oxford Lane Capital	Outperform Votes 197 58.81%	Underperform Votes 138 41.19%
FS KKR Capital	Outperform Votes 79 47.59%	Underperform Votes 87 52.41%

Summary

FS KKR Capital beats Oxford Lane Capital on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.