CEV vs. ASG, WHF, RFI, MIN, NCA, RCS, PMM, MMT, BKT, and FUND
Should you be buying Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust include Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), and Sprott Focus Trust (FUND). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:CEV) and Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (NYSE:ASG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
35.9% of Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%.
In the previous week, Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust and 2 mentions for Liberty All-Star Growth Fund. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust's score of 0.89 indicating that Liberty All-Star Growth Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund received 99 more outperform votes than Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund beats Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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