BlackRock Income Trust (NYSE:BKT – Get Free Report) and Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ – Get Free Report) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares BlackRock Income Trust and Oxford Square Capital”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
BlackRock Income Trust | $8.67 million | 30.09 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Oxford Square Capital | $51.82 million | 3.63 | $17.24 million | $0.03 | 98.37 |
Oxford Square Capital has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Income Trust.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Volatility and Risk
BlackRock Income Trust has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% 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.
Profitability
This table compares BlackRock Income Trust and Oxford Square Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
BlackRock Income Trust | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Oxford Square Capital | 6.05% | 18.70% | 9.93% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for BlackRock Income Trust and Oxford Square Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
BlackRock Income Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Oxford Square Capital | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Dividends
BlackRock Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Oxford Square Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.2%. Oxford Square Capital pays out 1,400.5% 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 BlackRock Income Trust on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BlackRock Income Trust
BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. The fund is managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. It invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. The fund invests in securities of companies that operate across diversified sectors. It invests in securities such as U.S. government sponsored agency securities, non-agency mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and U.S. treasury obligations. The fund invests its assets in securities that are issued or guaranteed by the US government or one of its agencies or instrumentalities or rated at the time of investment either AAA by S&P or Aaa by Moody’s. BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. was formed on July 22, 1988 and is domiciled in the United States.
About Oxford Square Capital
Oxford Square Capital Corp. is a business development company, operates as a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. It is a private equity and mezzanine firm. The firm invests in both public and private companies. It invests in secured and unsecured senior debt, subordinated debt, junior subordinated debt, preferred stock, common stock and syndicated bank loans. The firm primarily invests in debt and/or equity securities of technology-related companies that operate in the computer software, Internet, information technology infrastructure and services, media, telecommunications and telecommunications equipment, semiconductors, hardware, technology-enabled services, semiconductor capital equipment, medical device technology, diversified technology, and networking systems sectors. It concentrates its investments in companies having annual revenues of less than $200 million and a market capitalization or enterprise value of less than $300 million. The firm invests between $5 million and $30 million per transaction. It seeks to exit its investments within 7 years. It serves as the investment adviser to TICC. Oxford Square Capital Corp., formerly known as TICC Capital Corp., was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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