GCV vs. RCS, PMM, MMT, BKT, FUND, MVT, MQT, TSI, VTN, and TDF
Should you be buying The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund include PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), and Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund (NYSE:GCV) and PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (NYSE:RCS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% 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.
In the previous week, The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund had 1 more articles in the media than PIMCO Strategic Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund and 0 mentions for PIMCO Strategic Income Fund. The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled PIMCO Strategic Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. PIMCO Strategic Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%.
23.4% of The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of PIMCO Strategic Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund received 56 more outperform votes than The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.07% of users gave The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave PIMCO Strategic Income Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund beats PIMCO Strategic Income Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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