Contrasting DWS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KTF) & Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ)

Institutional and Insider Ownership

6.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Oxford Square Capital and DWS Municipal Income Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oxford Square Capital	-10.48%	18.58%	9.76%
DWS Municipal Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Oxford Square Capital and DWS Municipal Income Trust”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Square Capital	$51.82 million	3.67	$17.24 million	($0.10)	-28.00
DWS Municipal Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Oxford Square Capital has higher revenue and earnings than DWS Municipal Income Trust.

Risk and Volatility

Oxford Square Capital has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DWS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% 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 15.0%. DWS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Oxford Square Capital pays out -420.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Oxford Square Capital beats DWS Municipal Income Trust on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About DWS Municipal Income Trust

Deutsche Municipal Income Trust is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc. It invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. The fund primarily invests in investment-grade tax-exempt municipal securities which are exempt from federal income tax. It seeks to invest in securities that are rated Baa or BBB or better by Moody’s or S&P. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Barclays Municipal Bond Index. It was formerly known as DWS Municipal Income Trust. Deutsche Municipal Income Trust was formed on October 20, 1988 and is domiciled in the United States.