PIM vs. MUJ, PEO, BTO, IFN, DSU, MYD, RMT, MVF, BBH, and NQP
Should you be buying Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust include BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), The India Fund (IFN), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), VanEck Biotech ETF (BBH), and Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (NYSE:MUJ) and Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE:PIM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%.
15.1% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.1% of Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund had 4 more articles in the media than Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund and 0 mentions for Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust. Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund received 113 more outperform votes than Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust an outperform vote while only 64.97% of users gave BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund beats Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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