普特南大師中等收入信託基金(紐約證券交易所代碼：PIM)和牛津廣場資本公司(納斯達克代碼：OXSQ)關鍵調查

Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ – Get Rating) and Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE:PIM – Get Rating) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Oxford Square Capital and Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

This table compares Oxford Square Capital and Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust's gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Oxford Square Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Oxford Square Capital and Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.

Volatility & Risk

Oxford Square Capital has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Oxford Square Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Oxford Square Capital pays out 210.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

4.8% of Oxford Square Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.3% of Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of Oxford Square Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Oxford Square Capital beats Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Oxford Square Capital (Get Rating)

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.

About Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (Get Rating)

Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Putnam Investment Management, LLC. The fund is co-managed by Putnam Investments Limited. It invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. The fund invests in bonds of companies operating across diversified sectors. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Barclays Capital Government/Credit Bond Index. Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust was formed on April 29, 1988 and is domiciled in the United States.

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