PCF vs. TYG, ASA, MVF, MCI, EVN, MYN, KTF, HQL, SAR, and MIY
Should you be buying High Income Securities Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of High Income Securities Fund include Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Saratoga Investment (SAR), and BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
High Income Securities Fund vs.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) and High Income Securities Fund (NYSE:PCF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
In the previous week, High Income Securities Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for High Income Securities Fund and 3 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat High Income Securities Fund's score of 0.58 indicating that Tortoise Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 2.18, suggesting that its stock price is 118% 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.
32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $3.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. High Income Securities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure received 138 more outperform votes than High Income Securities Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.43% of users gave Tortoise Energy Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 62.13% of users gave High Income Securities Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure beats High Income Securities Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PCF) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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