PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK) Competitors

PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE:PHK) 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 analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is PHK or PTY more profitable?

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, PHK or PTY?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PIMCO High Income Fund	$99.89M	6.89	N/A	N/A	N/A
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	$230.95M	10.55	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, PHK or PTY?

PIMCO High Income Fund has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PHK or PTY?

PIMCO High Income Fund received 51 more outperform votes than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.56% of users gave PIMCO High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PIMCO High Income Fund	Outperform Votes 175 70.56%	Underperform Votes 73 29.44%
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 124 64.92%	Underperform Votes 67 35.08%

Does the media favor PHK or PTY?

In the previous week, PIMCO High Income Fund and PIMCO High Income Fund both had 5 articles in the media. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat PIMCO High Income Fund's score of 0.62 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
PIMCO High Income Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PHK or PTY a better dividend stock?

PIMCO High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PHK or PTY?

11.8% of PIMCO High Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

PIMCO High Income Fund and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.