Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO) Competitors

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (NYSE:ECF) and Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PFO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Do analysts rate ECF or PFO?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ECF or PFO?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ECF or PFO?

35.9% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.9% of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ECF or PFO?

In the previous week, Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund and 1 mentions for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of -0.23 beat Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	Neutral
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	Negative

Which has more risk and volatility, ECF or PFO?

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ECF or PFO a better dividend stock?

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Is ECF or PFO more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ECF or PFO?

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund and Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	N/A	N/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A

Summary

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund beats Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.