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$6.42 +0.01 (+0.16%)
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PCF vs. TYG, RMT, MCI, EVN, MVF, 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 Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Royce Otc Micro (RMT), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), 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

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

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 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tortoise Energy InfrastructureN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
High Income Securities FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $4.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. High Income Securities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%.

In the previous week, High Income Securities Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for High Income Securities Fund and 0 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. High Income Securities Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that High Income Securities Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Neutral
High Income Securities Fund 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

32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

High Income Securities Fund beats Tortoise Energy Infrastructure 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$120.18M$3.77B$12.02B$20.51B
Dividend Yield11.48%6.84%5.61%3.76%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.9727.83
Price / SalesN/A14.8225.7037.43
Price / CashN/A17.4621.1721.79
Price / BookN/A1.162.264.55
Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$1.00B$984.47M
7 Day Performance1.26%1.82%2.70%3.58%
1 Month Performance1.42%3.03%4.28%6.04%
1 Year Performance-6.62%3.11%540.35%14.49%

High Income Securities Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCF
High Income Securities Fund
N/A$6.42
+0.2%
N/A-7.1%$120.18MN/A0.00N/A
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$42.04
-1.3%
N/A+26.2%$458.37MN/A0.00N/A
RMT
Royce Otc Micro
N/A$8.81
+0.8%
N/A+3.0%$442.96MN/A0.00N/APositive News
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$20.84
-1.5%
N/A+17.5%$429.52MN/A0.00N/A
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.22
-0.2%
N/A+0.8%$406.19MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.59
+0.2%
N/A-8.2%$397.11MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.6834 of 5 stars
$24.59
+0.4%
$24.25
-1.4%
+11.5%$376.29M$148.85M12.053,211News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
HQL
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$12.46
-1.0%
N/A-9.5%$363.21MN/A0.00N/A
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.43
+0.2%
N/A-8.7%$360.53MN/A0.00N/A
LEO
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals
N/A$5.79
+0.2%
N/A-2.8%$360.04MN/A0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
KTF
DWS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$8.74
+0.3%
N/A-6.6%$341.20MN/A0.00N/A

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