CIF vs. PCF, JHI, GECC, PAI, SWZ, OCCI, MGF, NMI, PFX, and KF
Should you be buying MFS Intermediate High Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Intermediate High Income Fund include High Income Securities Fund (PCF), John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI), Great Elm Capital (GECC), Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund (PAI), The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), OFS Credit (OCCI), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), PhenixFIN (PFX), and The Korea Fund (KF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund vs.
High Income Securities Fund (NYSE:PCF) and MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (NYSE:CIF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
High Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
High Income Securities Fund received 104 more outperform votes than MFS Intermediate High Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave MFS Intermediate High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 62.13% of users gave High Income Securities Fund an outperform vote.
High Income Securities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. MFS Intermediate High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%.
16.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of MFS Intermediate High Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, High Income Securities Fund had 1 more articles in the media than MFS Intermediate High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for High Income Securities Fund and 0 mentions for MFS Intermediate High Income Fund. High Income Securities Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled MFS Intermediate High Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
High Income Securities Fund beats MFS Intermediate High Income Fund on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CIF) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
