Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO) Competitors

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PFO) and Royce Micro-Cap Trust (NYSE:RMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, PFO or RMT?

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Micro-Cap Trust has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor PFO or RMT?

In the previous week, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Royce Micro-Cap Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund and 0 mentions for Royce Micro-Cap Trust. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Royce Micro-Cap Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	Neutral
Royce Micro-Cap Trust	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PFO or RMT?

Royce Micro-Cap Trust received 86 more outperform votes than Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A
Royce Micro-Cap Trust	Outperform Votes 86 68.25%	Underperform Votes 40 31.75%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PFO or RMT?

12.9% of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PFO or RMT a better dividend stock?

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Royce Micro-Cap Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%.

Is PFO or RMT more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Royce Micro-Cap Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has better valuation & earnings, PFO or RMT?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	$24.27M	4.84	N/A	N/A	N/A
Royce Micro-Cap Trust	$66.96M	6.53	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Royce Micro-Cap Trust beats Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.