Eagle Point Credit (ECC) Competitors

Eagle Point Credit (NYSE:ECC) and Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ECC or OXLC?

19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ECC or OXLC more profitable?

Oxford Lane Capital has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Eagle Point Credit's net margin of -27.15%. Eagle Point Credit's return on equity of 12.90% beat Oxford Lane Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eagle Point Credit	-27.15%	12.90%	8.41%
Oxford Lane Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, ECC or OXLC?

Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ECC or OXLC?

Eagle Point Credit presently has a consensus price target of $8.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.15%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Eagle Point Credit is more favorable than Oxford Lane Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eagle Point Credit	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Oxford Lane Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is ECC or OXLC a better dividend stock?

Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.9%. Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.6%. Eagle Point Credit pays out -420.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 130.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ECC or OXLC?

Oxford Lane Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Eagle Point Credit. Eagle Point Credit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oxford Lane 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
Eagle Point Credit	$179.77M	3.14	$85.49M	-$0.40	-18.34
Oxford Lane Capital	$57.31M	32.07	$376.14M	$0.83	4.89

Does the media prefer ECC or OXLC?

In the previous week, Oxford Lane Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Eagle Point Credit. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital and 7 mentions for Eagle Point Credit. Oxford Lane Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Eagle Point Credit's score of 0.76 indicating that Oxford Lane Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eagle Point Credit	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Oxford Lane Capital	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Oxford Lane Capital beats Eagle Point Credit on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.