PHK vs. NXP, VMO, MYI, MUJ, PEO, BTO, IFN, VKQ, VGM, and DSU
Should you be buying PIMCO High Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PIMCO High Income Fund include Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), The India Fund (IFN), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE:PHK) and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
PIMCO High Income Fund received 104 more outperform votes than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.56% of users gave PIMCO High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 63.96% of users gave Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio had 3 more articles in the media than PIMCO High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio and 0 mentions for PIMCO High Income Fund. PIMCO High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's score of 1.39 indicating that PIMCO High Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
11.8% of PIMCO High Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PIMCO High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%.
PIMCO High Income Fund has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PIMCO High Income Fund beats Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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