Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund (PFO) Competitors

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund (NYSE:PFO) and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has better valuation and earnings, PFO or TYG?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	$100.01M	4.61	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, PFO or TYG?

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PFO or TYG more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is PFO or TYG a better dividend stock?

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $4.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%.

Does the media favor PFO or TYG?

In the previous week, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure had 3 more articles in the media than Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure and 3 mentions for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund's score of 1.09 indicating that Tortoise Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

12.9% of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure beats Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund on 7 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.