MIN vs. WHF, RFI, ASG, NCA, RCS, PMM, PMO, MHN, MIY, and MMT
Should you be buying MFS Intermediate Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Intermediate Income Trust include WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), and MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
MFS Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE:MIN) and WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
WhiteHorse Finance has a consensus target price of $12.81, indicating a potential downside of 4.17%. Given WhiteHorse Finance's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than MFS Intermediate Income Trust.
WhiteHorse Finance received 171 more outperform votes than MFS Intermediate Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.76% of users gave MFS Intermediate Income Trust an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave WhiteHorse Finance an outperform vote.
MFS Intermediate Income Trust has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
WhiteHorse Finance has higher revenue and earnings than MFS Intermediate Income Trust.
50.9% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, WhiteHorse Finance had 3 more articles in the media than MFS Intermediate Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance and 0 mentions for MFS Intermediate Income Trust. MFS Intermediate Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat WhiteHorse Finance's score of 0.30 indicating that MFS Intermediate Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
WhiteHorse Finance has a net margin of 18.40% compared to MFS Intermediate Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. WhiteHorse Finance's return on equity of 13.40% beat MFS Intermediate Income Trust's return on equity.
MFS Intermediate Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. WhiteHorse Finance pays out 187.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
WhiteHorse Finance beats MFS Intermediate Income Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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