PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK) Competitors

Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) and PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE:PHK) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and earnings.

Which has more risk and volatility, ADX or PHK?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO High Income Fund has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ADX or PHK?

PIMCO High Income Fund received 29 more outperform votes than Adams Diversified Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.56% of users gave PIMCO High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 146 53.09%	Underperform Votes 129 46.91%
PIMCO High Income Fund	Outperform Votes 175 70.56%	Underperform Votes 73 29.44%

Does the media favor ADX or PHK?

In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 8 more articles in the media than PIMCO High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 0 mentions for PIMCO High Income Fund. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat PIMCO High Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Adams Diversified Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Positive
PIMCO High Income Fund	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ADX or PHK?

28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of PIMCO High Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned 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.

Is ADX or PHK a better dividend stock?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. PIMCO High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ADX or PHK?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	$639.96M	4.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
PIMCO High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is ADX or PHK more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
PIMCO High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Adams Diversified Equity Fund beats PIMCO High Income Fund on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.