High Income Securities Fund (PCF) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to MCI or PCF?

In the previous week, Barings Corporate Investors and Barings Corporate Investors both had 1 articles in the media. Barings Corporate Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat High Income Securities Fund's score of 0.48 indicating that Barings Corporate Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Barings Corporate Investors	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
High Income Securities Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MCI or PCF?

Barings Corporate Investors received 128 more outperform votes than High Income Securities Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.65% of users gave Barings Corporate Investors an outperform vote while only 62.13% of users gave High Income Securities Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Barings Corporate Investors	Outperform Votes 233 75.65%	Underperform Votes 75 24.35%
High Income Securities Fund	Outperform Votes 105 62.13%	Underperform Votes 64 37.87%

Is MCI or PCF a better dividend stock?

Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.54 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 11.1%.

Which has better earnings & valuation, MCI or PCF?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
High Income Securities Fund	$11.77M	9.96	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate MCI or PCF?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Barings Corporate Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
High Income Securities Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MCI or PCF?

16.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, MCI or PCF?

Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MCI or PCF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A
High Income Securities Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

High Income Securities Fund beats Barings Corporate Investors on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.