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High Income Securities Fund (PCF) Competitors

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$6.33 -0.01 (-0.16%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$6.34 +0.01 (+0.16%)
As of 07/25/2025 04:04 PM Eastern
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PCF vs. RMT, TYG, MCI, EVN, SAR, HQL, MVF, LEO, MYN, and ZTR

Should you be buying High Income Securities Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of High Income Securities 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.

High Income Securities Fund vs. Its Competitors

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

High Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Otc Micro has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

16.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Royce Otc Micro shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Royce Otc Micro shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

High Income Securities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Royce Otc Micro pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
High Income Securities FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Royce Otc MicroN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
High Income Securities FundN/A N/A N/A
Royce Otc Micro N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Royce Otc Micro had 4 more articles in the media than High Income Securities Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Royce Otc Micro and 0 mentions for High Income Securities Fund. Royce Otc Micro's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat High Income Securities Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Royce Otc Micro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
High Income Securities Fund Neutral
Royce Otc Micro Positive

Summary

Royce Otc Micro beats High Income Securities Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PCF vs. The Competition

MetricHigh Income Securities FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$118.57M$3.79B$12.26B$21.05B
Dividend Yield11.46%6.61%5.54%3.59%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.0628.45
Price / SalesN/A17.0926.1071.70
Price / CashN/A18.5721.6322.92
Price / BookN/A1.122.204.68
Net IncomeN/A$165.11M$998.02M$995.51M
7 Day Performance-1.33%0.50%0.59%1.65%
1 Month Performance-0.24%0.83%3.47%4.54%
1 Year Performance-2.91%4.91%536.27%10.00%

High Income Securities Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCF
High Income Securities Fund
N/A$6.33
-0.2%
N/A-4.1%$118.57MN/A0.00N/AEx-Dividend
RMT
Royce Otc Micro
N/A$9.48
flat
N/A-1.8%$480.47MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$42.81
-0.4%
N/A+20.9%$462.57M$214.33M0.00N/ANews Coverage
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$20.81
-3.7%
N/A+11.5%$438.66M$37.92M0.00N/APositive News
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.34
+0.5%
N/A+1.0%$407.78M$38.57M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.8705 of 5 stars
$25.00
-0.5%
$24.25
-3.0%
+8.4%$393.74M$49.06M10.123,211High Trading Volume
HQL
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$13.03
-3.5%
N/A-13.0%$389.77M-$10.95M0.00N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.44
-0.3%
N/A-10.7%$389.63MN/A0.00147,000
LEO
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals
N/A$5.79
+0.1%
N/A-6.5%$360.04MN/A0.00147,000
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.20
-0.3%
N/A-11.8%$353.63M$1.69M0.00N/A
ZTR
Virtus Total Return Fund
N/A$6.19
-1.0%
N/A+10.3%$347.18M$85.15M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News

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