PMM vs. MMT, RCS, NCA, WHF, MIN, RFI, ASG, BKT, PMO, and MHN
Should you be buying Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust include MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
MFS Multimarket Income Trust (NYSE:MMT) and Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:PMM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.
MFS Multimarket Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%.
19.0% of MFS Multimarket Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MFS Multimarket Income Trust received 32 more outperform votes than Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave MFS Multimarket Income Trust an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than MFS Multimarket Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust and 1 mentions for MFS Multimarket Income Trust. MFS Multimarket Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MFS Multimarket Income Trust has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MFS Multimarket Income Trust beats Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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