High Income Securities Fund (PCF) Competitors

High Income Securities Fund (NYSE:PCF) and Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PCF or MCI?

16.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor PCF or MCI?

In the previous week, High Income Securities Fund and High Income Securities Fund both had 2 articles in the media. Barings Corporate Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat High Income Securities Fund's score of 1.44 indicating that Barings Corporate Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PCF or MCI?

Barings Corporate Investors received 128 more outperform votes than High Income Securities Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.65% of users gave Barings Corporate Investors an outperform vote while only 62.13% of users gave High Income Securities Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
High Income Securities Fund	Outperform Votes 105 62.13%	Underperform Votes 64 37.87%
Barings Corporate Investors	Outperform Votes 233 75.65%	Underperform Votes 75 24.35%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PCF or MCI?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
High Income Securities Fund	$19.13M	6.20	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Corporate Investors	$37.92M	11.16	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is PCF or MCI a better dividend stock?

High Income Securities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%.

Is PCF or MCI more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
High Income Securities Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, PCF or MCI?

High Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Barings Corporate Investors beats High Income Securities Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.