RCS vs. MUC, MFIC, SLRC, MQY, HQH, MYI, PHK, NXP, PEO, and IFN
Should you be buying PIMCO Strategic Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PIMCO Strategic Income Fund include BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), and The India Fund (IFN). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (NYSE:MUC) and PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (NYSE:RCS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO Strategic Income Fund has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund received 142 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. PIMCO Strategic Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. PIMCO Strategic Income Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. PIMCO Strategic Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund had 2 more articles in the media than PIMCO Strategic Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund and 0 mentions for PIMCO Strategic Income Fund. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat PIMCO Strategic Income Fund's score of -0.63 indicating that PIMCO Strategic Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
31.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of PIMCO Strategic Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund beats BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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