Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ) Competitors

PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE:PHK) and Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PHK or OXSQ?

Oxford Square Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PIMCO High Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PIMCO High Income Fund	$99.89M	6.72	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Square Capital	$9.96M	17.43	$17.24M	$0.10	24.89

Is PHK or OXSQ a better dividend stock?

PIMCO High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. Oxford Square Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.9%. Oxford Square Capital pays out 420.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is PHK or OXSQ more profitable?

PIMCO High Income Fund has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Oxford Square Capital's net margin of -10.48%. Oxford Square Capital's return on equity of 18.58% beat PIMCO High Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PIMCO High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Square Capital	-10.48%	18.58%	9.76%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PHK or OXSQ?

PIMCO High Income Fund received 82 more outperform votes than Oxford Square Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.56% of users gave PIMCO High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 56.71% of users gave Oxford Square Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PIMCO High Income Fund	Outperform Votes 175 70.56%	Underperform Votes 73 29.44%
Oxford Square Capital	Outperform Votes 93 56.71%	Underperform Votes 71 43.29%

Which has more volatility & risk, PHK or OXSQ?

PIMCO High Income Fund has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Square Capital has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PHK or OXSQ?

11.8% of PIMCO High Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to PHK or OXSQ?

In the previous week, PIMCO High Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Oxford Square Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for PIMCO High Income Fund and 2 mentions for Oxford Square Capital. Oxford Square Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat PIMCO High Income Fund's score of 1.10 indicating that Oxford Square Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PIMCO High Income Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Oxford Square Capital	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

PIMCO High Income Fund beats Oxford Square Capital on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.