Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.02 EPS

Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday. The company reported $0.09 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.11 by ($0.02), Zacks reports. Oxford Square Capital had a positive return on equity of 18.58% and a negative net margin of 10.48%.

Oxford Square Capital Stock Up 0.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ:OXSQ traded up $0.01 during trading on Friday, reaching $2.81. The stock had a trading volume of 399,715 shares, compared to its average volume of 400,621. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $2.66 and a 200-day moving average price of $2.77. The stock has a market cap of $190.44 million, a P/E ratio of -28.05 and a beta of 1.09. Oxford Square Capital has a fifty-two week low of $2.40 and a fifty-two week high of $3.29.

Oxford Square Capital Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, January 20th were given a dividend of $0.035 per share. This represents a yield of 16.09%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 17th. Oxford Square Capital’s payout ratio is currently -420.00%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Oxford Square Capital from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th.

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.