KTF vs. CET, QQQX, GAM, MUC, MFIC, SLRC, MQY, HQH, MYI, and PHK
Should you be buying DWS Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DWS Municipal Income Trust include Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), General American Investors (GAM), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
DWS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KTF) and Central Securities (NYSE:CET) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
57.7% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Central Securities shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Central Securities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Central Securities had 3 more articles in the media than DWS Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Central Securities and 1 mentions for DWS Municipal Income Trust. DWS Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Central Securities' score of 0.22 indicating that DWS Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DWS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%.
DWS Municipal Income Trust received 112 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users.
DWS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Securities has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Central Securities beats DWS Municipal Income Trust on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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