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Oxford Lane Capital Corp.

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Oxford Lane Capital Corp.

OXLC·NASDAQ·Finance·CIK 0001495222

Oxford Lane Capital Corp. is a closed-end fund that invests in fixed income securities. The fund primarily focuses on securitization vehicles, which then invest in senior secured loans. These loans are made to companies whose debt is rated below investment grade or is unrated. Oxford Lane Capital Corp. was launched on June 9, 2010, and is managed by Oxford Lane Management LLC. It is based in the United States.

Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:OXLC) is a publicly traded company in the Finance sector. Wiseek has independently scored 8 items for OXLC at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-10-22, rated 7/10. Across its 8 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 3 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for OXLC spans FWP, DEF 14A, SCHEDULE 13D, N-23C-2.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Oxford Lane Prices $35.8M 8.25% Term Preferred Offering at $24.85/Share
  • Oxford Lane Capital Swaps Auditors: PwC Out, EY In Ahead of October 22 Annual Meeting
  • Oxford Lane Capital NAV Rises to $10.74, Core NII Hits $0.95/Share, Declares $0.20 Monthly Distributions
  • NAV Plunges 32% to $10.56 in Q4, Oxford Lane Estimates April Rebound to $11.12-$11.42
  • Institutional Investor Increases Stake to 20% in Oxford Lane Capital's Preferred Shares

Short Interest & Short Volume

4.98 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 6,363,846 shares in OXLC as of the October 15, 2026 settlement, a 8.1% increase from the prior period — about 5.0 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 30, 2026, 47.7% of OXLC volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)6,363,846 shares as of October 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 8.1%
Days to cover4.98 at avg daily volume of 1,277,456
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)47.7% of 933,465 shares on October 30, 2026
5-day average short volume44.2%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

Dilution Risk

Low risk

Filing-implied dilution signals for OXLC, detected from its recent SEC filings · based on capital-structure filings through 2026-10-22.

1 recent capital raise

Preferred Offering Priced at $24.85 · Gross and Net Proceeds

A filing-implied signal, not a realized share count. How Wiseek tracks dilution →

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$6.45 +0.31% today
52-week range · as of 2026-10-22 $6.45 – $15.87
Market cap
$630.33M
Volume
1.8M (1.3× avg)
3-mo avg 1.4M
Live data · 2026-11-01 01:18 UTC · Market closed

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OXLC
Oct 22, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT
Filing Type: FWP
Importance Score:
7
Updated Oct 22, 8:05 AM ET — The offering is a further issuance of the existing 8.25% Series 2031 preferred, bringing total shares outstanding to 4,200,000 with the sam…
Price at Filing: $7.40
Real-time Price: $6.45 info
Change: -$0.9488 (-13%) info
Market Cap: $630.334M info
OXLC
Sep 03, 2026, 4:02 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $9.66
Real-time Price: $6.45 info
Change: -$3.21 (-33%) info
Market Cap: $630.334M info
OXLC
Jul 28, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Source: GlobeNewswire
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $8.40
Real-time Price: $6.45 info
Change: -$1.95 (-23%) info
Market Cap: $630.334M info
OXLC
May 19, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Source: GlobeNewswire
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $9.85
Real-time Price: $6.45 info
Change: -$3.40 (-35%) info
Market Cap: $630.334M info
OXLC
May 08, 2026, 8:58 PM EDT
Filing Type: SCHEDULE 13D
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $10.26
Real-time Price: $6.45 info
Change: -$3.81 (-37%) info
Market Cap: $630.334M info
OXLC
Apr 01, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: N-23C-2
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $9.94
Real-time Price: $6.45 info
Change: -$3.49 (-35%) info
Market Cap: $630.334M info
OXLC
Mar 12, 2026, 9:01 PM EDT
Filing Type: FWP
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $8.58
Real-time Price: $6.45 info
Change: -$2.13 (-25%) info
Market Cap: $630.334M info
OXLC
Mar 12, 2026, 8:30 AM EDT
Source: GlobeNewswire
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $8.90
Real-time Price: $6.45 info
Change: -$2.45 (-28%) info
Market Cap: $630.334M info
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