OXSQ vs. PHK, VMO, NXP, MUJ, PEO, BTO, VKQ, VGM, IFN, and DSU
Should you be buying Oxford Square Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Square Capital include PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), The India Fund (IFN), and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE:PHK) and Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
11.8% of PIMCO High Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of Oxford Square Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Oxford Square Capital has a net margin of 18.57% compared to Oxford Square Capital's net margin of 0.00%. PIMCO High Income Fund's return on equity of 17.71% beat Oxford Square Capital's return on equity.
PIMCO High Income Fund received 82 more outperform votes than Oxford Square Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.56% of users gave PIMCO High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 59.24% of users gave Oxford Square Capital an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PIMCO High Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Oxford Square Capital. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PIMCO High Income Fund and 2 mentions for Oxford Square Capital. PIMCO High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Oxford Square Capital's score of 0.28 indicating that Oxford Square Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Oxford Square Capital has higher revenue and earnings than PIMCO High Income Fund.
PIMCO High Income Fund has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Square Capital has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PIMCO High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Oxford Square Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.6%. Oxford Square Capital pays out 247.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Oxford Square Capital beats PIMCO High Income Fund on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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