FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO) Competitors

CSW Industrials (NYSE:CSW) and FS Credit Opportunities (NYSE:FSCO) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CSW or FSCO?

CSW Industrials has higher revenue and earnings than FS Credit Opportunities.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CSW Industrials	$878.30M	5.53	$136.65M	$8.41	34.34
FS Credit Opportunities	$206.19M	7.22	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CSW or FSCO?

82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CSW or FSCO more profitable?

CSW Industrials has a net margin of 15.56% compared to FS Credit Opportunities' net margin of 0.00%. CSW Industrials' return on equity of 14.46% beat FS Credit Opportunities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CSW Industrials	15.56%	14.46%	10.68%
FS Credit Opportunities	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer CSW or FSCO?

In the previous week, FS Credit Opportunities had 2 more articles in the media than CSW Industrials. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for FS Credit Opportunities and 8 mentions for CSW Industrials. FS Credit Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat CSW Industrials' score of 1.00 indicating that FS Credit Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CSW Industrials	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FS Credit Opportunities	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CSW or FSCO a better dividend stock?

CSW Industrials pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. FS Credit Opportunities pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. CSW Industrials pays out 12.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CSW Industrials has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Which has more risk and volatility, CSW or FSCO?

CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS Credit Opportunities has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CSW or FSCO?

CSW Industrials currently has a consensus target price of $347.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.16%. Given CSW Industrials' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CSW Industrials is more favorable than FS Credit Opportunities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CSW Industrials	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
FS Credit Opportunities	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

CSW Industrials beats FS Credit Opportunities on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.