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Bancroft Fund (BCV) Competitors

$17.76 +0.01 (+0.06%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:32 PM ET)

BCV vs. PPT, RCS, PMO, RFI, OIA, PMM, MQT, FUND, VTN, and PIM

Should you be buying Bancroft Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bancroft Fund include Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust (OIA), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), and Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (PIM). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Bancroft Fund vs.

Bancroft Fund (NYSE:BCV) and Putnam Premier Income Trust (NYSE:PPT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bancroft FundN/A N/A N/A
Putnam Premier Income Trust N/A N/A N/A

Bancroft Fund has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Premier Income Trust has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bancroft Fund$14.40M7.24N/AN/AN/A
Putnam Premier Income Trust$32.69M10.45N/AN/AN/A

Bancroft Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Putnam Premier Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%.

In the previous week, Bancroft Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Putnam Premier Income Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Bancroft Fund Neutral
Putnam Premier Income Trust Neutral

22.4% of Bancroft Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Putnam Premier Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Bancroft Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Putnam Premier Income Trust received 141 more outperform votes than Bancroft Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bancroft FundN/AN/A
Putnam Premier Income TrustOutperform Votes
141
66.20%
Underperform Votes
72
33.80%

Summary

Putnam Premier Income Trust beats Bancroft Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BCV vs. The Competition

MetricBancroft FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$104.30M$8.38B$11.24B$19.19B
Dividend Yield7.04%6.75%9.83%3.61%
P/E RatioN/A0.4426.7441.30
Price / Sales7.2414.2736.4117.58
Price / CashN/A7.0318.6021.28
Price / BookN/A0.882.765.32
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.04B$989.88M
7 Day Performance-2.52%-2.96%-2.89%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-4.10%-2.31%-2.89%-3.68%
1 Year Performance10.72%3.73%11.56%12.14%

Bancroft Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCV
Bancroft Fund
N/A$17.76
+0.1%
N/A+11.0%$104.30M$14.40M0.00N/A
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.63
flat
N/A-1.4%$349.46MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$7.46
+0.8%
N/A+27.0%$343.68MN/A0.00N/A
PMO
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
N/A$10.55
+0.5%
N/A-1.6%$335.61M$19.08M0.00801
RFI
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund
N/A$12.12
-0.2%
N/A+0.7%$321.81M$19.06M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
OIA
Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust
N/A$6.30
-0.3%
N/A-6.9%$300.07MN/A0.00N/AEx-Dividend
PMM
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust
N/A$6.33
+0.8%
N/A-1.8%$293.90MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
MQT
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II
N/A$10.44
+0.4%
N/A-4.1%$235.08M$10.00M0.00N/ANews Coverage
FUND
Sprott Focus Trust
N/A$7.65
-1.0%
N/A-8.1%$228.01M$16.60M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
VTN
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals
N/A$11.04
-0.4%
N/A+1.6%$215.06MN/A0.00N/AEx-Dividend
High Trading Volume
PIM
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust
N/A$3.31
-0.9%
N/A+2.2%$160.01MN/A0.00N/A

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This page (NYSE:BCV) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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