VBF vs. PHK, NXP, MUJ, PEO, BTO, IFN, DSU, MYD, RMT, and MVF
Should you be buying Invesco Bond Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Invesco Bond Fund include PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), The India Fund (IFN), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), and BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Invesco Bond Fund (NYSE:VBF) and PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE:PHK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Invesco Bond Fund received 35 more outperform votes than PIMCO High Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.56% of users gave PIMCO High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 70.23% of users gave Invesco Bond Fund an outperform vote.
43.7% of Invesco Bond Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of PIMCO High Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of Invesco Bond Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, PIMCO High Income Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Invesco Bond Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PIMCO High Income Fund and 0 mentions for Invesco Bond Fund. PIMCO High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Invesco Bond Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that PIMCO High Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Invesco Bond Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. PIMCO High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%.
Invesco Bond Fund has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO High Income Fund has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PIMCO High Income Fund beats Invesco Bond Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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