# Pimco Corporate & Income Strategy Fund (PCN) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $11.73, market value $888 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 12.5×** (5-yr avg 8.6×, 3-yr avg 8.6×). Pimco Corporate & Income Strategy Fund trades at 12.5× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 8.6×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 9.3×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 9.3×.
- **Price / book: 1.0×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 1.4%** (5-yr avg 13.2%). Free cash flow equals 1.4% of the market value, below its five-year average of 13.2%, so the shares are pricier on cash than usual.
- **Earnings yield: 8.0%**. The inverse of the P/E: 8.0% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 99.8%**. 99.8% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 12.0%**. 12.0% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on assets: 10.4%**. Each dollar of assets produces 10.4% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 30.7%**. Revenue grew 30.7% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 14.0%**. Earnings per share rose 14.0%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -57.2%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -57.2% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.
- **Cash and short-term investments: $2 million**. Leverage ratios are shown differently for banks and insurers, whose balance sheets are built on deposits and reserves; use return on equity and the regulatory capital in the filings instead.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 11.57%** ($1.35 per share, trailing). Pimco Corporate & Income Strategy Fund yields 11.57%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 78%** (621% of free cash flow). 78% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving a thin cushion.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 2**. 2 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 0.0%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has not grown over five years.
- **Shareholder yield: -1.2%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return -1.2% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -1.1%** (YTD -1.9%, 3-mo 2.2%). The shares are down 1.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -13.0%** (2.9% above the low). Trading 13% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 50**. An RSI of 50 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.32** (volatility 10%). Beta of 0.32 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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