Barings Participation Investors (MPV) Competitors

PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE:PHK) and Barings Participation Investors (NYSE:MPV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PHK or MPV?

11.8% of PIMCO High Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Barings Participation Investors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PHK or MPV more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PIMCO High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Participation Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is PHK or MPV a better dividend stock?

PIMCO High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Barings Participation Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PHK or MPV?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PIMCO High Income Fund	$99.89M	8.30	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Participation Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, PHK or MPV?

PIMCO High Income Fund has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Participation Investors has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PHK or MPV?

In the previous week, PIMCO High Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Barings Participation Investors. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for PIMCO High Income Fund and 3 mentions for Barings Participation Investors. Barings Participation Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat PIMCO High Income Fund's score of 0.69 indicating that Barings Participation Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PIMCO High Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Barings Participation Investors	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

PIMCO High Income Fund beats Barings Participation Investors on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.