RCS vs. MQY, MYI, VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, VKQ, IQI, VCV, and MYD
Should you be buying PIMCO Strategic Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PIMCO Strategic Income Fund include BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust (IIM), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), and BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund vs. Its Competitors
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) and PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (NYSE:RCS) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. PIMCO Strategic Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%.
25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of PIMCO Strategic Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund received 32 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave PIMCO Strategic Income Fund an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PIMCO Strategic Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for PIMCO Strategic Income Fund and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. PIMCO Strategic Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that PIMCO Strategic Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO Strategic Income Fund has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RCS) was last updated on 6/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff