MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (CIF) Competitors $1.72 0.00 (0.00%) As of 01:30 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock CIF vs. KF, PFO, JHI, PCF, PAI, NIM, NMT, PTMN, PFX, and MGFShould you be buying MFS Intermediate High Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Intermediate High Income Fund include The Korea Fund (KF), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO), John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI), High Income Securities Fund (PCF), Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund (PAI), Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM), Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT), Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), PhenixFIN (PFX), and MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. MFS Intermediate High Income Fund vs. Its Competitors The Korea Fund Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund John Hancock Investors Trust High Income Securities Fund Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund Portman Ridge Finance PhenixFIN MFS Government Markets Income Trust MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (NYSE:CIF) and The Korea Fund (NYSE:KF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CIF or KF? The Korea Fund received 82 more outperform votes than MFS Intermediate High Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave MFS Intermediate High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 66.40% of users gave The Korea Fund an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformMFS Intermediate High Income FundOutperform Votes1100.00% Underperform VotesNo VotesThe Korea FundOutperform Votes8366.40% Underperform Votes4233.60% Is CIF or KF a better dividend stock? MFS Intermediate High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. The Korea Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Which has more risk and volatility, CIF or KF? MFS Intermediate High Income Fund has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Korea Fund has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is CIF or KF more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets MFS Intermediate High Income FundN/A N/A N/A The Korea Fund N/A N/A N/A Do institutionals & insiders believe in CIF or KF? 6.8% of MFS Intermediate High Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of The Korea Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.5% of The Korea Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CIF or KF? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMFS Intermediate High Income Fund$4.42M7.03N/AN/AN/AThe Korea Fund-$25.99M-4.68N/AN/AN/A Does the media favor CIF or KF? In the previous week, The Korea Fund had 4 more articles in the media than MFS Intermediate High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for The Korea Fund and 0 mentions for MFS Intermediate High Income Fund. The Korea Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat MFS Intermediate High Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that The Korea Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment MFS Intermediate High Income Fund Neutral The Korea Fund Positive SummaryThe Korea Fund beats MFS Intermediate High Income Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks. Get MFS Intermediate High Income Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CIF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CIF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart CIF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMFS Intermediate High Income FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$31.06M$7.11B$11.67B$19.79BDividend Yield10.23%6.77%5.65%3.82%P/E RatioN/A3.5822.8935.35Price / Sales7.0324.5426.7743.77Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.51Price / BookN/A0.912.864.82Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B7 Day PerformanceN/A0.23%0.13%0.38%1 Month Performance0.58%1.10%0.61%1.79%1 Year Performance1.47%2.27%540.25%10.03% MFS Intermediate High Income Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CIFMFS Intermediate High Income FundN/A$1.73flatN/A+0.3%$31.06M$4.42M0.00N/AKFThe Korea FundN/A$25.06+1.4%N/A+5.1%$121.10M-$25.99M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑Gap DownPFOFlaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity FundN/A$9.10+0.3%N/A+8.5%$118.94M$24.27M0.00N/ANews CoverageShort Interest ↑JHIJohn Hancock Investors TrustN/A$13.580.0%N/A-0.4%$118.71M$21.21M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓PCFHigh Income Securities FundN/A$6.32-0.5%N/A-7.7%$118.29M$20.02M0.00N/ANews CoverageShort Interest ↑PAIWestern Asset Investment Grade Income FundN/A$12.35-0.1%N/A+2.9%$117.46M$4.03M0.00204,000News CoveragePositive NewsShort Interest ↓NIMNuveen Select Maturities Municipal FundN/A$9.01+0.4%N/A+1.2%$112.14M$2.03M0.00N/ANMTNuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income FundN/A$11.91-1.1%N/A+7.0%$111.03M$7.20M0.00N/APTMNPortman Ridge Finance2.3403 of 5 stars$11.77+0.1%$14.00+18.9%-39.5%$108.32M-$4.59M31.8125Positive NewsPFXPhenixFINN/A$50.10+2.2%N/A+6.1%$101.19M$20.09M6.157MGFMFS Government Markets Income TrustN/A$3.06flatN/A+1.6%$99.73M$6.74M0.00N/ANews CoverageNegative NewsShort Interest ↑ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies KF Alternatives PFO Alternatives JHI Alternatives PCF Alternatives PAI Alternatives NIM Alternatives NMT Alternatives PTMN Alternatives PFX Alternatives MGF Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:CIF) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersYour Bank Account Is No Longer SafeWhat If Washington Declared That: YOUR Money ISN'T Actually Yours? 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