MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (CIF) Competitors

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$1.74 +0.01 (+0.29%)
Closing price 02/14/2025 03:57 PM Eastern
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$1.75 +0.00 (+0.29%)
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CIF vs. PCF, JHI, GECC, PAI, SWZ, OCCI, MGF, NMI, PFX, and KF

Should you be buying MFS Intermediate High Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Intermediate High Income Fund include High Income Securities Fund (PCF), John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI), Great Elm Capital (GECC), Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund (PAI), The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), OFS Credit (OCCI), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), PhenixFIN (PFX), and The Korea Fund (KF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund vs.

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (NYSE:CIF) and High Income Securities Fund (NYSE:PCF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking and dividends.

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. High Income Securities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MFS Intermediate High Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
High Income Securities FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

6.9% of MFS Intermediate High Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, High Income Securities Fund had 1 more articles in the media than MFS Intermediate High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for High Income Securities Fund and 1 mentions for MFS Intermediate High Income Fund. MFS Intermediate High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat High Income Securities Fund's score of 0.48 indicating that MFS Intermediate High Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund Positive
High Income Securities Fund Neutral

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

High Income Securities Fund received 104 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 62.13% of users gave High Income Securities Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MFS Intermediate High Income FundOutperform Votes
1
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
High Income Securities FundOutperform Votes
105
62.13%
Underperform Votes
64
37.87%

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MFS Intermediate High Income FundN/A N/A N/A
High Income Securities Fund N/A N/A N/A

Summary

High Income Securities Fund beats MFS Intermediate High Income Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CIF vs. The Competition

MetricMFS Intermediate High Income FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$31.43M$8.34B$12.10B$20.30B
Dividend Yield10.14%6.80%5.71%3.68%
P/E RatioN/A0.4723.0445.83
Price / SalesN/A14.6627.8516.48
Price / CashN/A7.2118.3520.33
Price / BookN/A1.032.745.73
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.03B$1.00B
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.46%0.51%0.13%
1 Month PerformanceN/A2.21%2.40%1.37%
1 Year Performance2.05%6.30%16.35%16.03%

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CIF
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund
N/A$1.75
+0.3%
N/A+2.0%$31.43MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
PCF
High Income Securities Fund
N/A$6.69
+0.3%
N/A+4.8%$125.21M$19.13M0.00N/A
JHI
John Hancock Investors Trust
N/A$14.11
-0.1%
N/A+6.7%$123.39M$21.21M0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
Positive News
GECC
Great Elm Capital
2.8338 of 5 stars
$10.60
+1.2%
N/A+0.7%$122.32M$35.83M15.36N/ADividend Increase
PAI
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund
N/A$12.58
-0.8%
N/A+5.7%$119.64MN/A0.00204,000Negative News
SWZ
The Swiss Helvetia Fund
N/A$8.70
+0.2%
N/A+12.6%$113.02M$6.18M0.00N/APositive News
OCCI
OFS Credit
2.2513 of 5 stars
$7.09
-0.1%
N/A+5.7%$111.67M$32.55M7.88N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
MGF
MFS Government Markets Income Trust
N/A$3.09
-0.2%
N/A-1.3%$100.54MN/A0.00N/A
NMI
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund
N/A$9.88
+0.9%
N/A+5.6%$98.40M$13.97M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
PFX
PhenixFIN
N/A$48.66
+1.4%
N/A+10.7%$98.28M$22.18M5.337Ex-Dividend
KF
The Korea Fund
N/A$20.13
+1.3%
N/A-9.4%$95.99M$11.97M0.00N/A

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This page (NYSE:CIF) was last updated on 2/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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