Pimco Global StocksPlus & Income Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (PGP)

FairStock Score: 65/100 — STEADY

Key Financials

AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I look for understandable businesses with durable earning power and a margin of safety. This is not an operating company but a closed-end fund that invests globally in fixed income and equities and uses long/short derivatives such as options. Management is external through Allianz and PIMCO, so the fund itself has little obvious competitive moat; investors can replicate similar exposures elsewhere. At the 2026-10-13 close of $8.27, FairStock calculations show a P/E of 4.62, P/B of 0.91, ROE of 20.77%, ROCE of 3.12%, and D/E of 0.20. The low P/E and sub-book price look cheap, and the Graham Number of $19.13 implies a 56.77% margin of safety. The 9.80% dividend yield is attractive, and beta of 1.01 suggests market-like volatility. But the quality signals are troubling: Piotroski F-Score 0/9, Altman Z-Score 0.49, and ROCE far below ROE. For a fund using debt and derivatives, high ROE may reflect risk rather than durable business quality. No revenue or profit growth data are supplied, and the Lynch category is none because only 0 years of filed results exist and three are needed. The FairStock Score of 65/100 is middling. I would treat the apparent discount as a possible opportunity only if distributions and asset values are durable; otherwise it is statistical cheapness with real credit, rate, and derivative risks.

In plain English: This is a closed-end fund that invests in bonds and stocks around the world and uses options and other derivatives. Its numbers look mixed: the shares appear cheap by some value measures, but several financial health checks are weak and there is no multi-year record. The high income yield may be attractive, but that could also mean higher risk.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

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