PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY) Competitors

FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PTY) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FSK or PTY?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund received 45 more outperform votes than FS KKR Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote while only 49.69% of users gave FS KKR Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FS KKR Capital	Outperform Votes 79 49.69%	Underperform Votes 80 50.31%
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 124 64.92%	Underperform Votes 67 35.08%

Which has more risk & volatility, FSK or PTY?

FS KKR Capital has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FSK or PTY more profitable?

FS KKR Capital has a net margin of 29.98% compared to PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. FS KKR Capital's return on equity of 12.31% beat PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FS KKR Capital	29.98%	12.31%	5.47%
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer FSK or PTY?

FS KKR Capital currently has a consensus target price of $20.06, suggesting a potential downside of 6.71%. Given FS KKR Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe FS KKR Capital is more favorable than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FS KKR Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, FSK or PTY?

FS KKR Capital has higher revenue and earnings than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FS KKR Capital	$1.83B	3.29	$696M	$1.88	11.44
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FSK or PTY?

36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer FSK or PTY?

In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 8 more articles in the media than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 1 mentions for PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat FS KKR Capital's score of 1.09 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
FS KKR Capital	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FSK or PTY a better dividend stock?

FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. FS KKR Capital pays out 136.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

FS KKR Capital beats PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.