PCM vs. TYG, KTF, HQL, MCI, SOR, PPT, MIY, MHN, PMO, and ASG Should you be buying PCM Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PCM Fund include Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Source Capital (SOR), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), and Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG ) and PCM Fund (NYSE:PCM ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, PCM Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PCM Fund and 1 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. PCM Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's score of 0.50 indicating that Tortoise Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PCM Fund has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of PCM Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of PCM Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure received 56 more outperform votes than PCM Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.10% of users gave PCM Fund an outperform vote while only 69.43% of users gave Tortoise Energy Infrastructure an outperform vote.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. PCM Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. PCM Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. PCM Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary PCM Fund beats Tortoise Energy Infrastructure on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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