Compare · ILLU vs OXSQ

ILLU vs OXSQ

Side-by-side comparison of Illumination Acquisition Corp I (ILLU) and Oxford Square Capital Corp. (OXSQ): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both ILLU and OXSQ operate in Blank Checks (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • ILLU is the larger of the two at $102.4M, about the same size as OXSQ ($100.3M).
  • Over the past year, ILLU is up 1.0% and OXSQ is down 56.4% - ILLU leads by 57.4 points.
  • OXSQ has been more active in the news (4 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for ILLU).
PerformanceILLU+1.01%OXSQ-37.49%
2026-05-29+0.00%2026-11-05
MetricILLUOXSQ
Company
Illumination Acquisition Corp I
Oxford Square Capital Corp.
Price
-
-
Market cap
$102.4M
$100.3M
1M return
-0.10%
-33.25%
1Y return
+1.01%
-56.37%
Industry
Blank Checks
Blank Checks
Exchange
NASDAQ
NASDAQ
IPO
2026
2003
News (4w)
1
4
Recent ratings
0
0
OXSQ

Oxford Square Capital Corp.

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.