PCM vs. HRZN, MYN, TYG, HQL, KTF, MCI, SOR, PPT, MIY, and MHN
Should you be buying PCM Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PCM Fund include Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Source Capital (SOR), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) and PCM Fund (NYSE:PCM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Horizon Technology Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. PCM Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Horizon Technology Finance pays out -314.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Horizon Technology Finance has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and PCM Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Horizon Technology Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Horizon Technology Finance has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PCM Fund has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Horizon Technology Finance presently has a consensus price target of $10.38, suggesting a potential downside of 10.17%. Given PCM Fund's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Horizon Technology Finance is more favorable than PCM Fund.
4.9% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of PCM Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of PCM Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PCM Fund has a net margin of 0.00% compared to PCM Fund's net margin of -12.40%. PCM Fund's return on equity of 17.98% beat Horizon Technology Finance's return on equity.
Horizon Technology Finance received 97 more outperform votes than PCM Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.10% of users gave PCM Fund an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave Horizon Technology Finance an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Horizon Technology Finance had 1 more articles in the media than PCM Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Horizon Technology Finance and 1 mentions for PCM Fund. PCM Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Horizon Technology Finance's score of -0.23 indicating that Horizon Technology Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PCM Fund has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Horizon Technology Finance.
Summary
Horizon Technology Finance beats PCM Fund on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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