Barings Participation Investors (MPV) Competitors

PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE:PHK) and Barings Participation Investors (NYSE:MPV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Does the media favor PHK or MPV?

In the previous week, PIMCO High Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Barings Participation Investors. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for PIMCO High Income Fund and 0 mentions for Barings Participation Investors. PIMCO High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Barings Participation Investors' score of 0.95 indicating that PIMCO High Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
PIMCO High Income Fund	Positive
Barings Participation Investors	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PHK or MPV?

PIMCO High Income Fund received 98 more outperform votes than Barings Participation Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.56% of users gave PIMCO High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 60.16% of users gave Barings Participation Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PIMCO High Income Fund	Outperform Votes 175 70.56%	Underperform Votes 73 29.44%
Barings Participation Investors	Outperform Votes 77 60.16%	Underperform Votes 51 39.84%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PHK or MPV?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PIMCO High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Participation Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is PHK or MPV more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PIMCO High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Participation Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, PHK or MPV?

PIMCO High Income Fund has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Participation Investors has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

11.8% of PIMCO High Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Barings Participation Investors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PHK or MPV 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%. Barings Participation Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%.

Summary

PIMCO High Income Fund beats Barings Participation Investors on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.