Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund (PFO) Competitors $9.27 +0.01 (+0.11%) Closing price 08/22/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$9.26 -0.01 (-0.11%) As of 08/22/2025 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PFO vs. TYG, MCI, EVN, SAR, HQL, MVF, JOF, LEO, MYN, and ZTRShould you be buying Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund include Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Saratoga Investment (SAR), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), and Virtus Total Return Fund (ZTR). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund vs. Its Competitors Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Barings Corporate Investors Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust Saratoga Investment abrdn Life Sciences Investors BlackRock MuniVest Fund Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund Virtus Total Return Fund Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund (NYSE:PFO) and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation. Is PFO or TYG more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income FundN/A N/A N/A Tortoise Energy Infrastructure N/A N/A N/A Is PFO or TYG a better dividend stock? Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $4.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Does the media prefer PFO or TYG? In the previous week, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure had 4 more articles in the media than Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure and 2 mentions for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund's score of 1.09 indicating that Tortoise Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Tortoise Energy Infrastructure 4 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PFO or TYG? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioFlaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/ATortoise Energy InfrastructureN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A Which has more risk and volatility, PFO or TYG? Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PFO or TYG? 12.9% of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryTortoise Energy Infrastructure beats Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund on 6 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PFO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PFO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PFO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFlaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$121.22M$3.93B$12.56B$21.31BDividend Yield6.52%6.37%5.46%3.54%P/E RatioN/AN/A19.4129.10Price / SalesN/A23.5126.2854.41Price / CashN/A17.9522.1924.09Price / BookN/A1.112.355.47Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$992.74M7 Day Performance-0.16%0.14%1.75%2.67%1 Month Performance0.77%1.76%1.61%2.35%1 Year Performance4.27%0.92%541.38%10.76% Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PFOFlaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income FundN/A$9.27+0.1%N/A+4.3%$121.22MN/A0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsDividend AnnouncementTYGTortoise Energy InfrastructureN/A$43.04-0.2%N/A+18.4%$463.27M$100.01M0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsDividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↓MCIBarings Corporate InvestorsN/A$20.58+0.6%N/A+12.6%$417.75M$37.92M0.00N/APositive NewsEVNEaton Vance Municipal Income TrustN/A$10.36-0.1%N/A-3.6%$410.95M$630.73K0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsSARSaratoga Investment1.6045 of 5 stars$25.45-0.4%$24.25-4.7%+8.7%$406.22M$49.06M10.313,211News CoveragePositive NewsHQLabrdn Life Sciences InvestorsN/A$13.98flatN/A-9.6%$403.60M-$10.95M0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsMVFBlackRock MuniVest FundN/A$6.60-0.5%N/A-11.7%$398.05MN/A0.00147,000JOFJapan Smaller Capitalization FundN/A$10.47-0.3%N/A+30.6%$368.75MN/A0.00N/ANews CoverageShort Interest ↓LEOBNY Mellon Strategic MunicipalsN/A$5.86-0.3%N/A-8.0%$365.33MN/A0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsMYNBlackRock MuniYield New York Quality FundN/A$9.34-0.1%N/A-10.8%$357.65M$1.69M0.00N/ANews CoverageZTRVirtus Total Return FundN/A$6.32+0.6%N/A+8.8%$350.79M$73.41M0.00N/APositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies TYG Alternatives MCI Alternatives EVN Alternatives SAR Alternatives HQL Alternatives MVF Alternatives JOF Alternatives LEO Alternatives MYN Alternatives ZTR Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:PFO) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners“Sell Nvidia before earnings”Eric Fry just went live with one of his most controversial calls yet: “Sell Nvidia.” While Wall Street has bee...InvestorPlace | SponsoredTax Drain Deadline: Protect Your Wealth Before September 15thOn September 15th, the IRS collects another round of quarterly tax payments—targeting self-employed profession...American Alternative | SponsoredEveryone’s watching Nvidia right now. 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