MMT vs. MUC, MFIC, SLRC, MQY, HQH, MYI, PHK, NXP, MUJ, and PEO
Should you be buying MFS Multimarket Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Multimarket Income Trust include 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), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), and Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (NYSE:MUC) and MFS Multimarket Income Trust (NYSE:MMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
MFS Multimarket Income Trust received 148 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
31.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of MFS Multimarket Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Multimarket Income Trust has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund had 1 more articles in the media than MFS Multimarket Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund and 3 mentions for MFS Multimarket Income Trust. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat MFS Multimarket Income Trust's score of 0.77 indicating that MFS Multimarket Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. MFS Multimarket Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. MFS Multimarket Income Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. MFS Multimarket Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
MFS Multimarket Income Trust beats BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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