MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (CIF) Competitors $1.72 -0.01 (-0.69%) As of 01/14/2025 03:59 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends CIF vs. PCF, PFO, OCCI, GECC, MGF, PFX, SWZ, NMI, KF, and CMUShould 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), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO), OFS Credit (OCCI), Great Elm Capital (GECC), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF), PhenixFIN (PFX), The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), The Korea Fund (KF), and MFS High Yield Municipal Trust (CMU). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. MFS Intermediate High Income Fund vs. High Income Securities Fund Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund OFS Credit Great Elm Capital MFS Government Markets Income Trust PhenixFIN The Swiss Helvetia Fund Nuveen Municipal Income Fund The Korea Fund MFS High Yield Municipal Trust 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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends. Which has more volatility and risk, PCF or CIF? High Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PCF or CIF? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioHigh Income Securities Fund$19.13M6.39N/AN/AN/AMFS Intermediate High Income Fund$3.92M7.89N/AN/AN/A Does the media favor PCF or CIF? In the previous week, High Income Securities Fund had 10 more articles in the media than MFS Intermediate High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for High Income Securities Fund and 1 mentions for MFS Intermediate High Income Fund. MFS Intermediate High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat High Income Securities Fund's score of 0.76 indicating that MFS Intermediate High Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment High Income Securities Fund Positive MFS Intermediate High Income Fund Positive Is PCF or CIF a better dividend stock? High Income Securities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. MFS Intermediate High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PCF or CIF? 16.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of MFS Intermediate High Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are held by company 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. Is PCF or CIF more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets High Income Securities FundN/A N/A N/A MFS Intermediate High Income Fund N/A N/A N/A Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PCF or CIF? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformHigh Income Securities FundOutperform Votes10562.13% Underperform Votes6437.87% MFS Intermediate High Income FundOutperform Votes1100.00% Underperform VotesNo Votes SummaryHigh Income Securities Fund beats MFS Intermediate High Income Fund on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks. Get MFS Intermediate High Income Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CIF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart CIF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMFS Intermediate High Income FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$30.97M$8.31B$11.30B$19.29BDividend Yield10.17%6.77%5.94%3.68%P/E RatioN/A0.4424.6238.97Price / Sales7.8913.6926.7117.60Price / CashN/A7.0318.5821.14Price / BookN/A0.912.535.43Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.04B$994.60M7 Day Performance-1.15%-0.56%-0.40%-0.44%1 Month Performance-2.27%-3.18%-3.81%-1.25%1 Year Performance-0.58%2.82%13.07%14.09% MFS Intermediate High Income Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CIFMFS Intermediate High Income FundN/A$1.72-0.7%N/A-0.6%$30.97M$3.92M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓Positive NewsPCFHigh Income Securities FundN/A$6.55-0.6%N/A+1.1%$122.59M$19.13M0.00N/ADividend CutShort Interest ↓PFOFlaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity FundN/A$9.18+0.3%N/A+7.5%$120.05M$20.34M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑Negative NewsOCCIOFS Credit1.5546 of 5 stars$7.23+0.6%N/A+5.0%$113.87M$18.69M8.03N/AShort Interest ↑GECCGreat Elm Capital2.2055 of 5 stars$10.38-2.7%N/A-6.1%$108.47M$10.85M15.04N/AShort Interest ↑MGFMFS Government Markets Income TrustN/A$3.10flatN/A-5.6%$101.03M$633,885.000.00N/AShort Interest ↑Negative NewsPFXPhenixFINN/A$49.00-2.2%N/A+15.8%$98.98M$28.57M5.097Positive NewsSWZThe Swiss Helvetia Fund2.4701 of 5 stars$7.61+0.5%N/A-0.5%$98.86M$6.18M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓News CoverageNMINuveen Municipal Income FundN/A$9.54flatN/A+3.3%$95.89M$4.57M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑Negative NewsKFThe Korea FundN/A$19.60+2.7%N/A-10.2%$94.73M$11.97M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓Positive NewsCMUMFS High Yield Municipal TrustN/A$3.55-0.3%N/A+5.6%$90.50M$4.09M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑Negative News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PCF Alternatives PFO Alternatives OCCI Alternatives GECC Alternatives MGF Alternatives PFX Alternatives SWZ Alternatives NMI Alternatives KF Alternatives CMU Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:CIF) was last updated on 1/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCollect $7k per month from Tesla’s SECRET dividendTesla doesn't pay a traditional dividend.... 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