PFO vs. TYG, MVF, MUA, ASA, NQP, BBH, MCI, MYN, KTF, and HQL
Should you be buying Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund include Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), VanEck Biotech ETF (BBH), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), and Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund vs.
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PFO) and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
12.9% of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure had 4 more articles in the media than Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure and 1 mentions for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund's score of 0.42 indicating that Tortoise Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure received 243 more outperform votes than Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $3.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%.
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure beats Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PFO) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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