KSM vs. HRZN, MYN, TYG, KTF, HQL, MCI, SOR, PPT, MIY, and MHN
Should you be buying DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust include Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Source Capital (SOR), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KSM) and Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Horizon Technology Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Horizon Technology Finance pays out -314.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horizon Technology Finance has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Horizon Technology Finance's net margin of -12.40%. Horizon Technology Finance's return on equity of 17.98% beat DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust's return on equity.
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Horizon Technology Finance.
Horizon Technology Finance has a consensus target price of $10.38, suggesting a potential downside of 10.87%. Given Horizon Technology Finance's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Horizon Technology Finance is more favorable than DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust.
In the previous week, Horizon Technology Finance had 2 more articles in the media than DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Horizon Technology Finance and 0 mentions for DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust. Horizon Technology Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Horizon Technology Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
53.8% of DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.9% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Horizon Technology Finance received 199 more outperform votes than DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.93% of users gave DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave Horizon Technology Finance an outperform vote.
Summary
Horizon Technology Finance beats DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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