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Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund (PAI) Competitors

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PAI vs. IFN, TYG, MCI, EVN, SAR, HQL, MVF, LEO, JOF, and MYN

Should you be buying Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund include India Fund (IFN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Saratoga Investment (SAR), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF), and BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund vs. Its Competitors

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund (NYSE:PAI) and India Fund (NYSE:IFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western Asset Investment Grade Income FundN/A N/A N/A
India Fund N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, India Fund had 4 more articles in the media than Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for India Fund and 0 mentions for Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund. India Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund's score of 0.72 indicating that India Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund Positive
India Fund Positive

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. India Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund$4.03M29.81N/AN/AN/A
India Fund$110.12M4.27N/AN/AN/A

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, India Fund has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

19.0% of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of India Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

India Fund beats Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PAI vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Asset Investment Grade Income FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$120.12M$3.95B$12.44B$21.27B
Dividend Yield5.32%6.24%5.45%3.53%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.4629.22
Price / Sales29.8123.6026.3652.82
Price / CashN/A18.0222.1023.61
Price / BookN/A1.122.355.36
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$996.59M
7 Day Performance-0.36%0.82%1.87%3.11%
1 Month Performance-0.98%1.86%1.69%3.23%
1 Year Performance0.88%1.15%540.83%11.54%

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAI
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund
N/A$12.63
-0.2%
N/A+1.0%$120.12M$4.03M0.00204,000
IFN
India Fund
N/A$15.30
-0.9%
N/A-17.5%$479.20MN/A0.0021,000Positive News
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$42.93
+0.3%
N/A+18.3%$460.96MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$21.36
+1.1%
N/A+18.5%$428.91MN/A0.00N/APositive News
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.49
+0.3%
N/A-3.5%$414.52MN/A0.00N/APositive News
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.2799 of 5 stars
$25.25
flat
$24.25
-4.0%
+9.0%$402.78M$148.85M10.223,211Positive News
HQL
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$13.61
-1.6%
N/A-9.7%$399.31MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Insider Trade
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.59
-0.1%
N/A-12.7%$397.47MN/A0.00147,000
LEO
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals
N/A$5.91
-0.8%
N/A-7.9%$370.63MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
JOF
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
N/A$10.43
-0.8%
N/A+31.1%$370.20M$8.75M0.00N/APositive News
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.28
+0.1%
N/A-10.9%$355.16MN/A0.00N/A

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