FT vs OXSQ Comparison

Franklin Universal Trust is a closed-end management investment company focused on providing high current income while preserving capital. Its secondary objective is to achieve income growth through dividend increases and capital appreciation. The fund invests in two asset classes: high-yield bonds and utility stocks. It applies fundamental research to build a diversified high-yield bond portfolio and targets utility companies with attractive dividend yields and a history of increasing dividends.

Oxford Square Capital Corp is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. Its investment objective is to maximize portfolio's total return. Its primary current focus is to seek an attractive risk-adjusted total return by investing in corporate debt securities and, to a lesser extent collateralized loan obligation (CLO) structured finance investments that own corporate debt securities. CLO investments may also include warehouse facilities, which are early-stage CLO vehicles intended to aggregate loans that may be used to form the basis of a traditional CLO vehicle. The company may also invest in publicly traded debt and/or equity securities.