Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO) Competitors

Adams Natural Resources Fund (NYSE:PEO) and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PTY) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, PEO or PTY?

Adams Natural Resources Fund has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PEO or PTY?

Adams Natural Resources Fund received 51 more outperform votes than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.14% of users gave Adams Natural Resources Fund an outperform vote while only 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adams Natural Resources Fund	Outperform Votes 175 71.14%	Underperform Votes 71 28.86%
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 124 64.92%	Underperform Votes 67 35.08%

Is PEO or PTY more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adams Natural Resources Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor PEO or PTY?

In the previous week, Adams Natural Resources Fund had 4 more articles in the media than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Adams Natural Resources Fund and 1 mentions for PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Adams Natural Resources Fund's score of 1.08 indicating that PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adams Natural Resources Fund	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PEO or PTY a better dividend stock?

Adams Natural Resources Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%.

Which has better valuation and earnings, PEO or PTY?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adams Natural Resources Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PEO or PTY?

33.5% of Adams Natural Resources Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Natural Resources Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Adams Natural Resources Fund beats PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.