MGF vs. HQL, TYG, KTF, SOR, MCI, PPT, MIY, MHN, PMO, and ASG
Should you be buying MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Government Markets Income Trust include Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Source Capital (SOR), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), and Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
MFS Government Markets Income Trust (NYSE:MGF) and Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (NYSE:HQL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Abrdn Life Sciences Investors had 4 more articles in the media than MFS Government Markets Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Abrdn Life Sciences Investors and 2 mentions for MFS Government Markets Income Trust. MFS Government Markets Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Abrdn Life Sciences Investors' score of 1.57 indicating that MFS Government Markets Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MFS Government Markets Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Abrdn Life Sciences Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%.
54.8% of MFS Government Markets Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.2% of Abrdn Life Sciences Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of Abrdn Life Sciences Investors 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.
MFS Government Markets Income Trust has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abrdn Life Sciences Investors has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors received 95 more outperform votes than MFS Government Markets Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors beats MFS Government Markets Income Trust on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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