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 superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

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%

Which has preferable 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	9.29	$484.27M	$1.40	3.73
FS KKR Capital	$607M	10.05	$696M	$1.88	11.58

Is OXLC or FSK a better dividend stock?

Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.5%. FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 72.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FS KKR Capital pays out 136.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Oxford Lane Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in OXLC or FSK?

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

Which has more risk & volatility, OXLC or FSK?

Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS KKR Capital has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer OXLC or FSK?

In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 9 more articles in the media than Oxford Lane Capital. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 1 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital. FS KKR Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Oxford Lane Capital's score of 0.84 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FS KKR Capital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer OXLC or FSK?

FS KKR Capital has a consensus price target of $20.06, indicating a potential downside of 7.86%. Given FS KKR Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 49.69% 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 49.69%	Underperform Votes 80 50.31%

Summary

FS KKR Capital beats Oxford Lane Capital on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.