Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ) Competitors

Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXP) and Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NXP or OXSQ?

Oxford Square Capital received 22 more outperform votes than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.96% of users gave Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave Oxford Square Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	Outperform Votes 71 63.96%	Underperform Votes 40 36.04%
Oxford Square Capital	Outperform Votes 93 57.41%	Underperform Votes 69 42.59%

Is NXP or OXSQ a better dividend stock?

Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Oxford Square Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.1%. Oxford Square Capital pays out -420.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer NXP or OXSQ?

In the previous week, Oxford Square Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Oxford Square Capital and 3 mentions for Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Oxford Square Capital's score of 0.77 indicating that Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Oxford Square Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, NXP or OXSQ?

Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Square Capital has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NXP or OXSQ?

Oxford Square Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Square Capital	$51.82M	3.42	$17.24M	-$0.10	-26.10

Is NXP or OXSQ more profitable?

Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 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 Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Square Capital	-10.48%	18.58%	9.76%

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

16.2% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Oxford Square Capital beats Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.