BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN) Competitors

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (NYSE:MHN) and Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MHN or OXLC?

28.2% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held 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.

Do analysts recommend MHN or OXLC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Oxford Lane Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is MHN or OXLC a better dividend stock?

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.2%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 72.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MHN or OXLC?

Oxford Lane Capital has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund	$13.59M	23.72	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Lane Capital	$246.66M	6.85	$448.56M	$1.40	3.76

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MHN or OXLC?

Oxford Lane Capital received 86 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.07% of users gave BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund an outperform vote while only 58.81% of users gave Oxford Lane Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund	Outperform Votes 111 66.07%	Underperform Votes 57 33.93%
Oxford Lane Capital	Outperform Votes 197 58.81%	Underperform Votes 138 41.19%

Which has more risk & volatility, MHN or OXLC?

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to MHN or OXLC?

In the previous week, Oxford Lane Capital had 4 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund. Oxford Lane Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Oxford Lane Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund	Neutral
Oxford Lane Capital	Neutral

Is MHN or OXLC more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Lane Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Oxford Lane Capital beats BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.