Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, RMT or PFO?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Royce Micro-Cap Trust	$66.96M	6.64	N/A	N/A	N/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	$24.27M	4.89	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor RMT or PFO?

In the previous week, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Royce Micro-Cap Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund and 2 mentions for Royce Micro-Cap Trust. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Royce Micro-Cap Trust's score of 0.47 indicating that Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Royce Micro-Cap Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RMT or PFO a better dividend stock?

Royce Micro-Cap Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%.

Is RMT or PFO more profitable?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RMT or PFO?

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

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

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

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

Which has more risk & volatility, RMT or PFO?

Royce Micro-Cap Trust has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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