PCF vs. RMT, TYG, IFN, MCI, MVF, EVN, MYN, HQL, KTF, and SAR
Should you be buying High Income Securities Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of High Income Securities Fund include Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), The India Fund (IFN), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), and Saratoga Investment (SAR). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
High Income Securities Fund vs.
Royce Micro-Cap Trust (NYSE:RMT) and High Income Securities Fund (NYSE:PCF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Royce Micro-Cap Trust has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
High Income Securities Fund received 19 more outperform votes than Royce Micro-Cap Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.25% of users gave Royce Micro-Cap Trust an outperform vote while only 62.13% of users gave High Income Securities Fund an outperform vote.
Royce Micro-Cap Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. High Income Securities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%.
35.0% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of High Income Securities Fund 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.
In the previous week, Royce Micro-Cap Trust had 4 more articles in the media than High Income Securities Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Royce Micro-Cap Trust and 1 mentions for High Income Securities Fund. Royce Micro-Cap Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat High Income Securities Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Royce Micro-Cap Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Royce Micro-Cap Trust beats High Income Securities Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PCF) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
