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PCF vs. IFN, MCI, MVF, EVN, TYG, RMT, MYN, KTF, MIY, and SAR

Should you be buying High Income Securities Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of High Income Securities Fund include The India Fund (IFN), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), and Saratoga Investment (SAR). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

High Income Securities Fund vs.

The India Fund (NYSE:IFN) and High Income Securities Fund (NYSE:PCF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

10.8% of The India Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

The India Fund received 38 more outperform votes than High Income Securities Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.14% of users gave The India Fund an outperform vote while only 62.13% of users gave High Income Securities Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The India FundOutperform Votes
143
67.14%
Underperform Votes
70
32.86%
High Income Securities FundOutperform Votes
105
62.13%
Underperform Votes
64
37.87%

The India Fund has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, The India Fund had 1 more articles in the media than High Income Securities Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The India Fund and 1 mentions for High Income Securities Fund. High Income Securities Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat The India Fund's score of -0.16 indicating that High Income Securities Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
The India Fund Neutral
High Income Securities Fund Positive

The India Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.2%. High Income Securities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The India FundN/A N/A N/A
High Income Securities Fund N/A N/A N/A

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The India Fund$110.12M4.32N/AN/AN/A
High Income Securities Fund$19.13M5.89N/AN/AN/A

Summary

The India Fund and High Income Securities Fund tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PCF vs. The Competition

MetricHigh Income Securities FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$112.69M$7.45B$10.81B$18.43B
Dividend Yield12.04%7.13%6.00%4.22%
P/E RatioN/A3.5321.6931.10
Price / Sales5.8919.8525.4226.38
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6117.54
Price / BookN/A0.872.504.30
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.62%2.02%2.62%2.90%
1 Month Performance-10.27%-5.10%-3.83%-7.77%
1 Year Performance-5.03%0.16%534.51%2.31%

High Income Securities Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCF
High Income Securities Fund
N/A$6.02
+0.4%
N/A-4.6%$112.69M$19.13M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Positive News
IFN
The India Fund
N/A$13.89
-3.3%
N/A-18.1%$431.37M$110.12M0.0021,000Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$20.99
-5.2%
N/A+20.0%$426.08M$37.92M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.87
-2.0%
N/A-1.1%$414.36M$29.36M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.94
-1.7%
N/A+0.5%$394.29M$38.57M0.00N/ANews Coverage
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$36.27
-4.1%
N/A+30.9%$390.47M$214.33M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
High Trading Volume
RMT
Royce Micro-Cap Trust
N/A$7.49
-2.1%
N/A-10.7%$379.61M$66.96M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
High Trading Volume
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.69
-3.1%
N/A-5.7%$371.06M$19.20M0.00N/ANews Coverage
KTF
DWS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.26
-1.9%
N/A-4.3%$362.74M$35.07M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
Positive News
High Trading Volume
MIY
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund
N/A$11.27
-2.0%
N/A0.0%$330.89M$18.58M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
News Coverage
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.573 of 5 stars
$22.33
-4.1%
$25.08
+12.4%
+0.9%$320.27M$46.93M9.003,211Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
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