FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO) Competitors

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

Is FSCO or OXLC more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FS Credit Opportunities	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Lane Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to FSCO or OXLC?

In the previous week, Oxford Lane Capital had 3 more articles in the media than FS Credit Opportunities. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital and 5 mentions for FS Credit Opportunities. FS Credit Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Oxford Lane Capital's score of 0.67 indicating that FS Credit Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FS Credit Opportunities	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Oxford Lane Capital	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FSCO or OXLC a better dividend stock?

FS Credit Opportunities pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 29.5%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 141.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FSCO or OXLC?

Oxford Lane Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FS Credit Opportunities.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FS Credit Opportunities	$206.19M	7.11	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Lane Capital	$57.31M	31.35	$376.14M	$0.83	4.78

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

36.4% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, FSCO or OXLC?

FS Credit Opportunities has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Oxford Lane Capital beats FS Credit Opportunities on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.