Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ) Competitors

Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) and Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has better valuation & earnings, OXSQ or CCAP?

Crescent Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Oxford Square Capital. Oxford Square Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crescent Capital BDC, 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 Square Capital	$51.82M	3.72	$17.24M	-$0.10	-28.40
Crescent Capital BDC	$104.15M	6.55	$83.84M	$1.99	9.25

Is OXSQ or CCAP more profitable?

Crescent Capital BDC has a net margin of 37.32% compared to Oxford Square Capital's net margin of -10.48%. Oxford Square Capital's return on equity of 18.58% beat Crescent Capital BDC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oxford Square Capital	-10.48%	18.58%	9.76%
Crescent Capital BDC	37.32%	11.86%	5.41%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of OXSQ or CCAP?

6.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OXSQ or CCAP?

Oxford Square Capital received 60 more outperform votes than Crescent Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.41% of users gave Oxford Square Capital an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave Crescent Capital BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Oxford Square Capital	Outperform Votes 93 57.41%	Underperform Votes 69 42.59%
Crescent Capital BDC	Outperform Votes 33 54.10%	Underperform Votes 28 45.90%

Which has more volatility & risk, OXSQ or CCAP?

Oxford Square Capital has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer OXSQ or CCAP?

In the previous week, Crescent Capital BDC had 14 more articles in the media than Oxford Square Capital. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Crescent Capital BDC and 0 mentions for Oxford Square Capital. Crescent Capital BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Oxford Square Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Crescent Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Oxford Square Capital	Neutral
Crescent Capital BDC	Neutral

Is OXSQ or CCAP a better dividend stock?

Oxford Square Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. Crescent Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Oxford Square Capital pays out -420.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crescent Capital BDC pays out 84.4% 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 Square Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer OXSQ or CCAP?

Crescent Capital BDC has a consensus price target of $19.17, indicating a potential upside of 4.08%. Given Crescent Capital BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Crescent Capital BDC is more favorable than Oxford Square Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oxford Square Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Crescent Capital BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats Oxford Square Capital on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.