TSI vs. TDF, MQT, BKN, MVT, VTN, FUND, EMF, BKT, OXSQ, and NPV
Should you be buying TCW Strategic Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TCW Strategic Income Fund include Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ), and Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Templeton Dragon Fund (NYSE:TDF) and TCW Strategic Income Fund (NYSE:TSI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
Templeton Dragon Fund received 24 more outperform votes than TCW Strategic Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.35% of users gave TCW Strategic Income Fund an outperform vote while only 69.54% of users gave Templeton Dragon Fund an outperform vote.
47.2% of Templeton Dragon Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of TCW Strategic Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of TCW Strategic Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Templeton Dragon Fund has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TCW Strategic Income Fund has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Templeton Dragon Fund and Templeton Dragon Fund both had 1 articles in the media. Templeton Dragon Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat TCW Strategic Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that TCW Strategic Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Templeton Dragon Fund and TCW Strategic Income Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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