Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund (PFO) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RMT or PFO?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ROYCE OTC MICRO	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is RMT or PFO more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ROYCE OTC MICRO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, RMT or PFO?

ROYCE OTC MICRO has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RMT or PFO a better dividend stock?

ROYCE OTC MICRO pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%.

Does the media prefer RMT or PFO?

In the previous week, ROYCE OTC MICRO had 1 more articles in the media than Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for ROYCE OTC MICRO and 0 mentions for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund. ROYCE OTC MICRO's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that ROYCE OTC MICRO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ROYCE OTC MICRO	Positive
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund	Neutral

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

35.0% of ROYCE OTC MICRO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.9% of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of ROYCE OTC MICRO shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ROYCE OTC MICRO beats Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund on 6 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.