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High Income Securities Fund (PCF) Competitors

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PCF vs. TYG, IFN, EVN, HQL, MCI, MVF, SAR, LEO, MYN, and JOF

Should you be buying High Income Securities Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of High Income Securities Fund include Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), India Fund (IFN), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Saratoga Investment (SAR), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

High Income Securities Fund vs. Its Competitors

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) and High Income Securities Fund (NYSE:PCF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, High Income Securities Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for High Income Securities Fund and 1 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat High Income Securities Fund's score of 1.17 indicating that Tortoise Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
High Income Securities Fund
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tortoise Energy InfrastructureN/A N/A N/A
High Income Securities Fund N/A N/A N/A

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tortoise Energy InfrastructureN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
High Income Securities Fund$20.02M5.91N/AN/AN/A

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $4.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. High Income Securities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%.

Summary

High Income Securities Fund beats Tortoise Energy Infrastructure on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PCF vs. The Competition

MetricHigh Income Securities FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$118.38M$4.15B$12.67B$21.81B
Dividend Yield11.51%6.08%5.55%3.58%
P/E RatioN/AN/A30.1629.58
Price / Sales5.9141.9730.76100.09
Price / CashN/A17.6422.5824.53
Price / BookN/A1.292.314.63
Net IncomeN/A$187.53M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance0.48%0.56%-0.12%-0.88%
1 Month Performance-1.33%1.99%0.29%2.67%
1 Year Performance-6.85%4.68%539.15%14.95%

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
+0.1%
N/A-6.8%$118.38M$20.02M0.00N/APositive News
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$42.91
-0.4%
N/A+6.3%$462.14MN/A0.00N/APositive News
IFN
India Fund
N/A$14.62
+0.4%
N/A-19.6%$453.88M-$7.38M0.0021,000
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$11.13
-0.6%
N/A+0.9%$441.53MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
HQL
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$15.29
+0.2%
N/A+8.1%$441.28MN/A0.00N/APositive News
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$20.65
+0.2%
N/A+6.2%$419.09MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.90
-0.1%
N/A-6.3%$395.36MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
SAR
Saratoga Investment
2.1272 of 5 stars
$24.48
+1.2%
$24.25
-0.9%
-11.4%$390.46M$148.85M9.913,211News Coverage
Earnings Report
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
LEO
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals
N/A$6.24
+0.4%
N/A-3.6%$388.38M$2.18M0.00147,000News Coverage
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.89
+0.9%
N/A-5.1%$378.89MN/A0.00N/APositive News
JOF
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
N/A$10.54
flat
N/A+31.3%$371.22MN/A0.00N/APositive News

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