TSI vs. TDF, BKN, MQT, MVT, FUND, VTN, NPV, BKT, EMF, and OXSQ
Should you be buying TCW Strategic Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TCW Strategic Income Fund include Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF), and Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Templeton Dragon Fund (NYSE:TDF) and TCW Strategic Income Fund (NYSE:TSI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
Templeton Dragon Fund has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TCW Strategic Income Fund has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Templeton Dragon Fund received 24 more outperform votes than TCW Strategic Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.35% of users gave TCW Strategic Income Fund an outperform vote while only 69.54% of users gave Templeton Dragon Fund an outperform vote.
47.2% of Templeton Dragon Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of TCW Strategic Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of TCW Strategic Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, TCW Strategic Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Templeton Dragon Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for TCW Strategic Income Fund and 0 mentions for Templeton Dragon Fund. TCW Strategic Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Templeton Dragon Fund's score of 0.50 indicating that Templeton Dragon Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
TCW Strategic Income Fund beats Templeton Dragon Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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