TDF vs. VTN, BKN, OXSQ, NPV, TSI, MVT, MQT, EMF, VBF, and FUND
Should you be buying Templeton Dragon Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Templeton Dragon Fund include Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ), Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF), Invesco Bond Fund (VBF), and Sprott Focus Trust (FUND). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Templeton Dragon Fund (NYSE:TDF) and Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (NYSE:VTN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Templeton Dragon Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Templeton Dragon Fund and 0 mentions for Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals. Templeton Dragon Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals' score of 0.00 indicating that Templeton Dragon Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
47.2% of Templeton Dragon Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.9% of Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Templeton Dragon Fund has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals received 7 more outperform votes than Templeton Dragon Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.10% of users gave Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals an outperform vote while only 69.54% of users gave Templeton Dragon Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals beats Templeton Dragon Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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