PHK vs. NXP, MYI, VMO, HQH, PEO, MUJ, IFN, SLRC, MQY, and VGM
Should you be buying PIMCO High Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PIMCO High Income Fund include Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), The India Fund (IFN), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), and Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE:PHK) and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
11.8% of PIMCO High Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, PIMCO High Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for PIMCO High Income Fund and 3 mentions for Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat PIMCO High Income Fund's score of 0.88 indicating that Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PIMCO High Income Fund has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PIMCO High Income Fund received 104 more outperform votes than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.56% of users gave PIMCO High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 63.96% of users gave Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio an outperform vote.
PIMCO High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%.
Summary
PIMCO High Income Fund beats Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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