PCF vs. RMT, TYG, EVN, MVF, MCI, SAR, HQL, MYN, LEO, and KTF
Should you be buying High Income Securities Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of High Income Securities Fund include Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Saratoga Investment (SAR), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), and DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF). 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 Micro-Cap Trust (NYSE:RMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
High Income Securities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. Royce Micro-Cap Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%.
High Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Micro-Cap Trust has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
16.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
High Income Securities Fund received 19 more outperform votes than Royce Micro-Cap Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.25% of users gave Royce Micro-Cap Trust an outperform vote while only 62.13% of users gave High Income Securities Fund an outperform vote.
In the previous week, High Income Securities Fund and High Income Securities Fund both had 2 articles in the media. Royce Micro-Cap Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat High Income Securities Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that Royce Micro-Cap Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Royce Micro-Cap Trust beats High Income Securities Fund on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PCF) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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