Invesco Bond Fund (VBF) Competitors

Eagle Point Credit (NYSE:ECC) and Invesco Bond Fund (NYSE:VBF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ECC or VBF?

Eagle Point Credit has higher revenue and earnings than Invesco Bond Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eagle Point Credit	$139.07M	4.95	$118.75M	$0.80	11.19
Invesco Bond Fund	$19.14M	9.40	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, ECC or VBF?

Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Bond Fund has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ECC or VBF?

19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of Invesco Bond Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Invesco Bond Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ECC or VBF more profitable?

Eagle Point Credit has a net margin of 36.60% compared to Invesco Bond Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Eagle Point Credit's return on equity of 13.33% beat Invesco Bond Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eagle Point Credit	36.60%	13.33%	9.59%
Invesco Bond Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is ECC or VBF a better dividend stock?

Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.8%. Invesco Bond Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Eagle Point Credit pays out 210.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer ECC or VBF?

Eagle Point Credit currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.73%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Eagle Point Credit is more favorable than Invesco Bond Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eagle Point Credit	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Invesco Bond Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer ECC or VBF?

In the previous week, Eagle Point Credit had 8 more articles in the media than Invesco Bond Fund. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Eagle Point Credit and 1 mentions for Invesco Bond Fund. Eagle Point Credit's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Invesco Bond Fund's score of 0.87 indicating that Eagle Point Credit is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eagle Point Credit	3 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Invesco Bond Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ECC or VBF?

Eagle Point Credit received 73 more outperform votes than Invesco Bond Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.23% of users gave Invesco Bond Fund an outperform vote while only 68.69% of users gave Eagle Point Credit an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eagle Point Credit	Outperform Votes 283 68.69%	Underperform Votes 129 31.31%
Invesco Bond Fund	Outperform Votes 210 70.23%	Underperform Votes 89 29.77%

Summary

Eagle Point Credit beats Invesco Bond Fund on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.