KF vs. PCF, NIM, CXE, ECF, KSM, PFO, NAZ, PCM, SSSS, and MGF
Should you be buying The Korea Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Korea Fund include High Income Securities Fund (PCF), Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM), MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE), Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF), DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (KSM), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO), Nuveen Arizona Quality Municipal Income Fund (NAZ), PCM Fund (PCM), SuRo Capital (SSSS), and MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
The Korea Fund (NYSE:KF) and High Income Securities Fund (NYSE:PCF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, High Income Securities Fund had 1 more articles in the media than The Korea Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for High Income Securities Fund and 0 mentions for The Korea Fund. The Korea Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled High Income Securities Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
The Korea Fund has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
High Income Securities Fund received 22 more outperform votes than The Korea Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.40% of users gave The Korea Fund an outperform vote while only 62.13% of users gave High Income Securities Fund an outperform vote.
70.0% of The Korea Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.5% of The Korea Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
The Korea Fund beats High Income Securities Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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