Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Contrast

Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) is one of 340 publicly-traded companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Oxford Square Capital to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and earnings.

Volatility & Risk

Oxford Square Capital has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Square Capital’s rivals have a beta of 2.51, suggesting that their average share price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Oxford Square Capital and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oxford Square Capital	1	0	0	0	1.00
Oxford Square Capital Competitors	1986	6961	11745	446	2.50

As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential downside of 7.55%. Given Oxford Square Capital’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oxford Square Capital has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Oxford Square Capital and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Square Capital	-$29.03 million	-$18.73 million	-1.95
Oxford Square Capital Competitors	$6.46 billion	$1.09 billion	9.97

Oxford Square Capital’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Oxford Square Capital. Oxford Square Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

6.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Oxford Square Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.0% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Oxford Square Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 52.4%. Oxford Square Capital pays out -102.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Financial Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.2% and pay out -91.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Oxford Square Capital is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Oxford Square Capital and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oxford Square Capital	-85.01%	14.30%	6.64%
Oxford Square Capital Competitors	-338.57%	-39.92%	-5.61%

Summary

Oxford Square Capital rivals beat Oxford Square Capital on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

About Oxford Square Capital

Oxford Square Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: OXSQ) is a business development company that invests primarily in debt securities and other investments related to middle-market companies. The company seeks to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation through a portfolio that may include senior secured loans, subordinated debt, and equity investments. Oxford Square also invests in collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), which are securities backed primarily by pools of corporate loans.