SPE vs. PIM, GGT, NNY, NAZ, MPA, KF, JHI, CXE, PCF, and NIM
Should you be buying Special Opportunities Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Special Opportunities Fund include Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (PIM), The Gabelli Multimedia Trust (GGT), Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund (NNY), Nuveen Arizona Quality Municipal Income Fund (NAZ), BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund (MPA), The Korea Fund (KF), John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI), MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE), High Income Securities Fund (PCF), and Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Special Opportunities Fund (NYSE:SPE) and Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE:PIM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
35.6% of Special Opportunities Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.1% of Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 49.3% of Special Opportunities Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Special Opportunities Fund has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Special Opportunities Fund received 135 more outperform votes than Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Special Opportunities Fund an outperform vote.
Special Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%.
In the previous week, Special Opportunities Fund had 5 more articles in the media than Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Special Opportunities Fund and 2 mentions for Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust. Special Opportunities Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust's score of 0.48 indicating that Special Opportunities Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Special Opportunities Fund beats Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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