PHK vs. NXP, VMO, MYI, MUJ, PEO, BTO, IFN, VKQ, VGM, and DSU
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), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), The India Fund (IFN), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXP) and PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE:PHK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
In the previous week, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio had 2 more articles in the media than PIMCO High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio and 2 mentions for PIMCO High Income Fund. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat PIMCO High Income Fund's score of 0.79 indicating that PIMCO High Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
16.2% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of PIMCO High Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO High Income Fund has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. PIMCO High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
PIMCO High Income Fund beats Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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