Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund (PAI) Competitors

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) and Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund (NYSE:PAI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.

Is TYG or PAI a better dividend stock?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $3.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%.

Does the media prefer TYG or PAI?

In the previous week, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure had 2 more articles in the media than Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure and 2 mentions for Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund. Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's score of 1.05 indicating that Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, TYG or PAI?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 2.18, suggesting that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TYG or PAI?

32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TYG or PAI?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	$214.33M	2.11	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	$7.53M	15.93	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is TYG or PAI more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TYG or PAI?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure received 131 more outperform votes than Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.43% of users gave Tortoise Energy Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 243 69.43%	Underperform Votes 107 30.57%
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	Outperform Votes 112 61.54%	Underperform Votes 70 38.46%

Summary

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure beats Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.