Franklin Universal Trust (FT) Competitors

PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE:PHK) and Franklin Universal Trust (NYSE:FT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PHK or FT?

PIMCO High Income Fund received 95 more outperform votes than Franklin Universal Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.56% of users gave PIMCO High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 64.52% of users gave Franklin Universal Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PIMCO High Income Fund	Outperform Votes 175 70.56%	Underperform Votes 73 29.44%
Franklin Universal Trust	Outperform Votes 80 64.52%	Underperform Votes 44 35.48%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PHK or FT?

11.8% of PIMCO High Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Franklin Universal Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PHK or FT?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PIMCO High Income Fund	$99.89M	7.15	N/A	N/A	N/A
Franklin Universal Trust	$34.97M	5.37	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is PHK or FT more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PIMCO High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Franklin Universal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is PHK or FT a better dividend stock?

PIMCO High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Franklin Universal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%.

Does the media refer more to PHK or FT?

In the previous week, PIMCO High Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Franklin Universal Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PIMCO High Income Fund and 1 mentions for Franklin Universal Trust. PIMCO High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of -0.27 beat Franklin Universal Trust's score of -0.50 indicating that PIMCO High Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
PIMCO High Income Fund	Neutral
Franklin Universal Trust	Negative

Which has more volatility and risk, PHK or FT?

PIMCO High Income Fund has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Universal Trust has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PIMCO High Income Fund beats Franklin Universal Trust on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.