Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF) Competitors

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (NYSE:ECF) 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 businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Is ECF or PFO a better dividend stock?

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%.

Does the media favor ECF or PFO?

In the previous week, Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund and 0 mentions for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's average media sentiment score of -0.04 beat Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	Neutral
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	Negative

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ECF or PFO?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is ECF or PFO more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, ECF or PFO?

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ECF or PFO?

35.9% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.9% of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are held by company 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.

Do analysts recommend ECF or PFO?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ECF or PFO?

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund and Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	N/A	N/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A

Summary

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund beats Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.