Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ) Competitors

Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) and PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE:PHK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is OXSQ or PHK more profitable?

Oxford Square Capital has a net margin of 18.57% compared to PIMCO High Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Oxford Square Capital's return on equity of 17.71% beat PIMCO High Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oxford Square Capital	18.57%	17.71%	9.06%
PIMCO High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor OXSQ or PHK?

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. Oxford Square Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat PIMCO High Income Fund's score of 0.28 indicating that Oxford Square Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Oxford Square Capital	Neutral
PIMCO High Income Fund	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of OXSQ or PHK?

6.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of PIMCO High Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Oxford Square Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer OXSQ or PHK?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oxford Square Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
PIMCO High Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OXSQ or PHK?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Oxford Square Capital	Outperform Votes 93 59.24%	Underperform Votes 64 40.76%
PIMCO High Income Fund	Outperform Votes 175 70.56%	Underperform Votes 73 29.44%

Which has more risk and volatility, OXSQ or PHK?

Oxford Square Capital has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO High Income Fund has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OXSQ or PHK a better dividend stock?

Oxford Square Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.6%. 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 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, OXSQ or PHK?

Oxford Square Capital has higher revenue and earnings than PIMCO High Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Square Capital	$14.74M	12.52	$17.24M	$0.17	18.18
PIMCO High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Oxford Square Capital beats PIMCO High Income Fund on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.