MMLP vs PAI Comparison

Martin Midstream Partners LP has a diverse set of operations focused on the United States Gulf Coast region. The company's business lines include terminalling, processing, storage, and packaging services for petroleum products and by-products, including the refining of naphthenic crude oil; land and marine transportation services for petroleum products and by-products, chemicals, and specialty products; sulfur and sulfur-based products processing, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution; and natural gas liquids marketing, distribution and transportation services. The company operates in four segment Terminalling and storage, Transportation, Sulfur service, and Specialty products segment. The majority of the revenue is derived from the Specialty products segment.

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund Inc is a closed-end diversified investment company. Its primary investment objective is to seek a high level of current income, consistent with prudent investment risk, through investment in a diversified portfolio of debt securities. To a lesser extent, the fund also invests in privately placed debt securities and in certain equity securities. Capital appreciation is its secondary investment objective. The fund invests a majority of its net assets in fixed income securities that are rated in the Baa or BBB categories or above at the time of purchase by one or more Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (NRSROs) or unrated securities of comparable quality at the time of purchase (as determined by the investment adviser).