RCS vs. MMT, PMM, BKT, NCA, WHF, FUND, MVT, MQT, MIN, and RFI
Should you be buying PIMCO Strategic Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PIMCO Strategic Income Fund include MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), and Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (NYSE:RCS) and MFS Multimarket Income Trust (NYSE:MMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, PIMCO Strategic Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than MFS Multimarket Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PIMCO Strategic Income Fund and 1 mentions for MFS Multimarket Income Trust. PIMCO Strategic Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat MFS Multimarket Income Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that PIMCO Strategic Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MFS Multimarket Income Trust received 6 more outperform votes than PIMCO Strategic Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. MFS Multimarket Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%.
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Multimarket Income Trust has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
13.5% of PIMCO Strategic Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of MFS Multimarket Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 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.
Summary
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund beats MFS Multimarket Income Trust on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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