RCS vs. MFIC, MUC, SLRC, MQY, HQH, MYI, PHK, NXP, MUJ, and PEO
Should you be buying PIMCO Strategic Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PIMCO Strategic Income Fund include MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), and Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) and PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (NYSE:RCS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO Strategic Income Fund has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of PIMCO Strategic Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than PIMCO Strategic Income Fund.
MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 41.19% compared to MidCap Financial Investment's net margin of 0.00%. PIMCO Strategic Income Fund's return on equity of 11.51% beat MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity.
MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. PIMCO Strategic Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 86.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MidCap Financial Investment has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and PIMCO Strategic Income Fund has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund received 137 more outperform votes than MidCap Financial Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave PIMCO Strategic Income Fund an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave MidCap Financial Investment an outperform vote.
MidCap Financial Investment presently has a consensus target price of $15.04, suggesting a potential downside of 6.75%. Given PIMCO Strategic Income Fund's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than PIMCO Strategic Income Fund.
In the previous week, PIMCO Strategic Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than MidCap Financial Investment. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PIMCO Strategic Income Fund and 2 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment. PIMCO Strategic Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat MidCap Financial Investment's score of 0.53 indicating that MidCap Financial Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
MidCap Financial Investment beats PIMCO Strategic Income Fund on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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