Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund (PAI) Competitors

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) and Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund (NYSE:PAI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

Is TYG or PAI more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TYG or PAI?

32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TYG or PAI?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure received 131 more outperform votes than Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.43% of users gave Tortoise Energy Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 243 69.43%	Underperform Votes 107 30.57%
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	Outperform Votes 112 61.54%	Underperform Votes 70 38.46%

Which has better earnings & valuation, TYG or PAI?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	$214.33M	2.15	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	$4.03M	29.45	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor TYG or PAI?

In the previous week, Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund and 1 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's score of 0.48 indicating that Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is TYG or PAI a better dividend stock?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $4.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%.

Which has more volatility and risk, TYG or PAI?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure beats Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.