PCF vs. NIM, CXE, KF, ECF, KSM, PFO, PCM, SSSS, MGF, and NMT
Should you be buying High Income Securities Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of High Income Securities Fund include Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM), MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE), The Korea Fund (KF), Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF), DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (KSM), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO), PCM Fund (PCM), SuRo Capital (SSSS), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF), and Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
High Income Securities Fund (NYSE:PCF) and Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NYSE:NIM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
High Income Securities Fund received 105 more outperform votes than Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
16.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.2% of Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company 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%. Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%.
High Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, High Income Securities Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
High Income Securities Fund beats Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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