Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO) Competitors

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PFO) and BlackRock MuniVest Fund (NYSE:MVF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Is PFO or MVF a better dividend stock?

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. BlackRock MuniVest Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%.

Does the media prefer PFO or MVF?

In the previous week, BlackRock MuniVest Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniVest Fund and 0 mentions for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund. BlackRock MuniVest Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniVest Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	Neutral
BlackRock MuniVest Fund	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PFO or MVF?

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund and BlackRock MuniVest Fund both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniVest Fund	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PFO or MVF?

12.9% of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, PFO or MVF?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniVest Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, PFO or MVF?

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniVest Fund has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PFO or MVF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniVest Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

BlackRock MuniVest Fund beats Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.