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Oxford Square Capital (Oxford Square Capital) Beta : 0.66 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Oxford Square Capital Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-27), Oxford Square Capital's Beta is 0.66.


Oxford Square Capital Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Oxford Square Capital's Beta can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Oxford Square Capital Beta Chart

Oxford Square Capital Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.47 1.27 1.54 1.30 0.71

Oxford Square Capital Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Beta Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.30 0.92 0.89 0.92 0.71

Competitive Comparison of Oxford Square Capital's Beta

For the Asset Management subindustry, Oxford Square Capital's Beta, along with its competitors' market caps and Beta data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Oxford Square Capital's Beta Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Oxford Square Capital's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Oxford Square Capital's Beta falls into.



Oxford Square Capital Beta Calculation

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. A stock's beta can be calculated by dividing the product of the covariance of the individual stock's returns and the market's returns by the variance of the market's returns over a specified period. Basically, GuruFocus uses the returns calculated over three-year period.


Oxford Square Capital  (NAS:OXSQ) Beta Explanation

Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. We usually compare beta to 1. A beta of 1 indicates that the security's price will move with the market. A beta of less than 1 means that the security will be less volatile than the market. A beta of greater than 1 indicates that the security's price will be more volatile than the market.

Beta is primarily used in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to calculate the Cost of Equity, which can be used in the calculation of WACC %. The formula of Cost of Equity is:
Cost of Equity = Risk-Free Rate of Return + Beta of Asset * (Expected Return of the Market - Risk-Free Rate of Return)


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Oxford Square Capital (Oxford Square Capital) Business Description

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Address
8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, CT, USA, 06830
Oxford Square Capital Corp is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company with a focus is to seek an attractive risk-adjusted total return by investing in corporate debt securities and collateralized loan obligation (CLO) structured finance investments that own corporate debt securities. its capital is generally used by its corporate borrowers to finance organic growth, acquisitions, recapitalizations, and working capital. The group invests in various industries such as Structured Finance, IT Consulting, Business Services, Utilities, Software, Healthcare, Telecommunication Services, Plastics Manufacturing, and Diversified Insurance.
Executives
Saul B Rosenthal officer: COO, Secretary and Treasurer 8 SOUND SHORE DR STE 215, GREENWICH CT 06830
Jonathan H Cohen director, officer: CEO, President and Director 8 SOUND SHORE DR STE 215, GREENWICH CT 06830
Barry Osherow director 8 SOUND SHORE DRIVE, SUITE 255, GREENWICH CT 06830
Steven P Novak director 3031 TISCH WAY, STE 900, SAN JOSE CA 95128
George Iii Stelljes director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Richard W Neu director 1100 WILSON BOULEVARD, SUITE 3000, ARLINGTON VA 22209
Bruce L. Rubin officer: CFO, CAO, SEC, TREAS TICC CAPITAL CORP., 8 SOUND SHORE DRIVE, SUITE 255, GREENWICH CT 06830
Gerald Cummins officer: Chief Compliance Officer C/O OXFORD LANE CAPITAL CORP., 8 SOUND SHORE DRIVE, SUITE 255, GREENWICH CT 06830
Patrick Conroy officer: Chief Financial Officer 8 SOUND SHORE DRIVE STE 215, GREENWICH CT 06830
Tonia L Pankopf director 8 SOUND SHORE DR STE 215, GREENWICH CT 06830
Charles M Royce director C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
G Peter Obrien director C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
Lee D Stern officer: Executive Vice President C/O AECOM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, 555 S. FLOWER STREET, SUITE 3700, LOS ANGELES CA 90071

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