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PAI vs. EVN, CCAP, LEO, AEF, and SAR

Should you buy Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund include Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (AEF), and Saratoga Investment (SAR). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

How does Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund compare to Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust?

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund (NYSE:PAI) and Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:EVN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Investment Grade Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Eaton Vance Municipal Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust and 1 mentions for Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund. Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust's score of 0.19 indicating that Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
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 pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%.

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the broader market.

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

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western Asset Investment Grade Income FundN/A N/A N/A
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund beats Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund compare to Crescent Capital BDC?

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund (NYSE:PAI) and Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Crescent Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Investment Grade Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Crescent Capital BDC$167.29M2.51$34.51M$0.4127.83

19.0% of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Crescent Capital BDC had 6 more articles in the media than Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Crescent Capital BDC and 1 mentions for Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund. Crescent Capital BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund's score of 0.50 indicating that Crescent Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Crescent Capital BDC
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Crescent Capital BDC has a net margin of 9.26% compared to Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Crescent Capital BDC's return on equity of 9.34% beat Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western Asset Investment Grade Income FundN/A N/A N/A
Crescent Capital BDC 9.26%9.34%4.04%

Crescent Capital BDC has a consensus target price of $14.30, indicating a potential upside of 25.33%. Given Crescent Capital BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Crescent Capital BDC is more favorable than Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Crescent Capital BDC
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the broader market.

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Crescent Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. Crescent Capital BDC pays out 409.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crescent Capital BDC has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Crescent Capital BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund compare to BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals?

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund (NYSE:PAI) and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (NYSE:LEO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund and Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund both had 1 articles in the media. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals' average media sentiment score of 2.00 beat Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund's score of 0.50 indicating that BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund Positive
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals Very Positive

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%.

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the broader market.

19.0% of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals shares are held by 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western Asset Investment Grade Income FundN/A N/A N/A
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals N/A N/A N/A

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Investment Grade Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
BNY Mellon Strategic MunicipalsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals tied by winning 2 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund compare to Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund?

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Investment Grade Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund$96.44M4.15N/AN/AN/A

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western Asset Investment Grade Income FundN/A N/A N/A
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund N/A N/A N/A

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund and 0 mentions for Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund. Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund Positive
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund Neutral

19.0% of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%.

Summary

Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund beats Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund compare to Saratoga Investment?

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

Saratoga Investment has a net margin of 29.12% compared to Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Saratoga Investment's return on equity of 9.29% beat Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Saratoga Investment29.12% 9.29% 3.17%
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund N/A N/A N/A

19.1% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.0% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Saratoga Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Saratoga Investment$125.71M2.91$36.60M$2.339.66
Western Asset Investment Grade Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, Saratoga Investment and Saratoga Investment both had 1 articles in the media. Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Saratoga Investment's score of -0.01 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
Saratoga Investment
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Saratoga Investment presently has a consensus price target of $23.63, suggesting a potential upside of 4.95%. Given Saratoga Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Saratoga Investment is more favorable than Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Saratoga Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Saratoga Investment pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Saratoga Investment pays out 128.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Saratoga Investment has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the broader market.

Summary

Saratoga Investment beats Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PAI vs. The Competition

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MetricWestern Asset Investment Grade Income FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$115.36M$4.83B$13.55B$23.17B
Dividend Yield5.20%6.92%5.77%4.07%
P/E RatioN/A0.0223.9930.87
Price / SalesN/A33.32149.8624.75
Price / CashN/A5.4119.8924.96
Price / BookN/A4.382.164.79
Net IncomeN/A$388.27M$1.13B$1.07B
7 Day Performance0.75%1.34%0.69%1.16%
1 Month PerformanceN/A1.76%1.12%2.87%
1 Year Performance-2.06%15.85%12.33%27.33%

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAI
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund
N/A$12.13
flat		N/A-2.3%$115.36MN/AN/A204,000
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.71
+0.9%		N/A+5.3%$426.99M$2.26MN/AN/A
CCAP
Crescent Capital BDC
4.9569 of 5 stars		$11.45
+0.0%		$14.30
+24.9%		-26.2%$421.89M$26.38M27.93N/A
LEO
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals
N/A$6.38
+0.6%		N/A+10.0%$397.10MN/AN/A147,000
AEF
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund
N/A$9.74
+0.4%		N/A+80.1%$394.85M$96.44MN/AN/A

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