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Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund (PAI) Competitors

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$12.76 +0.01 (+0.04%)
Closing price 07/28/2025 03:52 PM Eastern
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$12.75 -0.02 (-0.12%)
As of 07/28/2025 04:04 PM Eastern
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PAI vs. RMT, TYG, MCI, EVN, SAR, HQL, MVF, LEO, MYN, and ZTR

Should you be buying Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund include Royce Otc Micro (RMT), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Saratoga Investment (SAR), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), and Virtus Total Return Fund (ZTR). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund vs. Its Competitors

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund (NYSE:PAI) and Royce Otc Micro (NYSE:RMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Investment Grade Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Royce Otc MicroN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Royce Otc Micro pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western Asset Investment Grade Income FundN/A N/A N/A
Royce Otc Micro N/A N/A N/A

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Otc Micro has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

19.0% of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Royce Otc Micro shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Royce Otc Micro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Royce Otc Micro had 3 more articles in the media than Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Royce Otc Micro and 0 mentions for Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund. Royce Otc Micro's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Royce Otc Micro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund Neutral
Royce Otc Micro Positive

Summary

Royce Otc Micro beats Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PAI vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Asset Investment Grade Income FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$121.31M$3.82B$12.31B$21.14B
Dividend Yield4.88%6.60%5.55%3.59%
P/E RatioN/AN/A18.9928.31
Price / SalesN/A16.2326.0955.92
Price / CashN/A18.3718.6618.21
Price / BookN/A1.122.264.70
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$999.65M$992.76M
7 Day Performance-0.12%0.06%-0.46%0.62%
1 Month Performance-0.27%0.45%2.89%4.54%
1 Year Performance4.29%0.79%539.40%10.20%

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAI
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund
N/A$12.77
+0.0%
N/A+3.9%$121.31MN/A0.00204,000
RMT
Royce Otc Micro
N/A$9.48
flat
N/A-2.1%$480.47MN/A0.00N/APositive News
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$42.81
-0.4%
N/A+22.1%$462.57M$214.33M0.00N/A
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$20.81
-3.7%
N/A+11.7%$438.66M$37.92M0.00N/A
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.34
+0.5%
N/A-1.0%$407.78MN/A0.00N/APositive News
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.8258 of 5 stars
$25.00
-0.5%
$24.25
-3.0%
+6.9%$393.74M$148.85M7.283,211High Trading Volume
HQL
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$13.03
-3.5%
N/A-13.8%$389.78MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.44
-0.3%
N/A-11.1%$389.63MN/A0.00147,000
LEO
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals
N/A$5.79
+0.1%
N/A-7.0%$360.04MN/A0.00147,000
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.20
-0.3%
N/A-11.9%$353.63MN/A0.00N/A
ZTR
Virtus Total Return Fund
N/A$6.19
-1.0%
N/A+8.9%$347.18MN/A0.00N/APositive News

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