CIF vs. GECC, PAI, JHI, PFO, PCF, PTMN, NIM, NMT, NMI, and MGF
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 Great Elm Capital Group (GECC), Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund (PAI), John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund (PFO), High Income Securities Fund (PCF), Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM), Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), and Mfs Govt Mkts (MGF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund vs. Its Competitors
Great Elm Capital Group (NASDAQ:GECC) and MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (NYSE:CIF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
38.8% of Great Elm Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of MFS Intermediate High Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Great Elm Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Great Elm Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than MFS Intermediate High Income Fund.
Great Elm Capital Group has a net margin of 10.40% compared to MFS Intermediate High Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Great Elm Capital Group's return on equity of 10.64% beat MFS Intermediate High Income Fund's return on equity.
In the previous week, Great Elm Capital Group had 1 more articles in the media than MFS Intermediate High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Great Elm Capital Group and 0 mentions for MFS Intermediate High Income Fund. Great Elm Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat MFS Intermediate High Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Great Elm Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Great Elm Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. MFS Intermediate High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Great Elm Capital Group pays out 370.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Great Elm Capital Group has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Great Elm Capital Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Great Elm Capital Group has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Great Elm Capital Group beats MFS Intermediate High Income Fund on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CIF) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
