PFO vs. ECC, CION, TYG, IFN, HQL, EVN, MCI, MVF, SAR, and LEO
Should you be buying Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund include Eagle Point Credit (ECC), CION Investment (CION), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), India Fund (IFN), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Saratoga Investment (SAR), and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund vs. Its Competitors
Eagle Point Credit (NYSE:ECC) and Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund (NYSE:PFO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Eagle Point Credit. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund and 2 mentions for Eagle Point Credit. Eagle Point Credit's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund's score of 0.61 indicating that Eagle Point Credit is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eagle Point Credit has higher revenue and earnings than Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund.
Eagle Point Credit currently has a consensus price target of $8.21, suggesting a potential upside of 19.92%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Eagle Point Credit is more favorable than Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund.
Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 24.5%. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Eagle Point Credit pays out 1,527.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Eagle Point Credit has a net margin of 6.73% compared to Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Eagle Point Credit's return on equity of 13.49% beat Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund's return on equity.
19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.9% of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Eagle Point Credit beats Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PFO) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
