LEO vs. AWF, ASA, DMF, DSM, EVN, FT, VPV, JHS, MXE, and CXH
Should you be buying BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals include AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BNY Mellon Municipal Income (DMF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV), John Hancock Income Securities Trust (JHS), Mexico Equity & Income Fund (MXE), and MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust (CXH). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (NYSE:LEO) and AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (NYSE:AWF) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund and 0 mentions for BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals received 13 more outperform votes than AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.38% of users gave AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 56.50% of users gave BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals an outperform vote.
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%.
Summary
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund beats BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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