Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ) Competitors

Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) and Eagle Point Credit (NYSE:ECC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Is OXSQ or ECC more profitable?

Eagle Point Credit has a net margin of 36.60% compared to Oxford Square Capital's net margin of -10.48%. Oxford Square Capital's return on equity of 18.58% beat Eagle Point Credit's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oxford Square Capital	-10.48%	18.58%	9.76%
Eagle Point Credit	36.60%	12.87%	9.17%

Which has more volatility and risk, OXSQ or ECC?

Oxford Square Capital has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in OXSQ or ECC?

6.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is OXSQ or ECC a better dividend stock?

Oxford Square Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.8%. Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.1%. Oxford Square Capital pays out -420.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eagle Point Credit pays out 210.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate OXSQ or ECC?

Eagle Point Credit has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.77%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Eagle Point Credit 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
Eagle Point Credit	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher earnings & valuation, OXSQ or ECC?

Eagle Point Credit has higher revenue and earnings than Oxford Square Capital. Oxford Square Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eagle Point Credit, 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	-$208.05K	-815.83	$17.24M	-$0.10	-25.00
Eagle Point Credit	$130.04M	5.20	$118.75M	$0.80	10.99

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OXSQ or ECC?

Eagle Point Credit received 190 more outperform votes than Oxford Square Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.69% of users gave Eagle Point Credit an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave Oxford Square Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Oxford Square Capital	Outperform Votes 93 57.41%	Underperform Votes 69 42.59%
Eagle Point Credit	Outperform Votes 283 68.69%	Underperform Votes 129 31.31%

Does the media refer more to OXSQ or ECC?

In the previous week, Eagle Point Credit had 2 more articles in the media than Oxford Square Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Eagle Point Credit and 2 mentions for Oxford Square Capital. Oxford Square Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Eagle Point Credit's score of 0.01 indicating that Oxford Square Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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)	Positive
Eagle Point Credit	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Eagle Point Credit beats Oxford Square Capital on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.