Franklin Universal Trust (FT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FT or PHK?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, FT or PHK?

Franklin Universal Trust has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO High Income Fund has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FT or PHK?

11.8% of PIMCO High Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Franklin Universal Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FT or PHK a better dividend stock?

Franklin Universal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. PIMCO High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%.

Does the media favor FT or PHK?

In the previous week, Franklin Universal Trust had 2 more articles in the media than PIMCO High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Franklin Universal Trust and 1 mentions for PIMCO High Income Fund. Franklin Universal Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat PIMCO High Income Fund's score of 1.08 indicating that Franklin Universal Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Franklin Universal Trust	Positive
PIMCO High Income Fund	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FT or PHK?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Universal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PIMCO High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is FT or PHK more profitable?

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

Summary

PIMCO High Income Fund beats Franklin Universal Trust on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.