Murray Income Trust (MUT) Competitors

Murray Income Trust (LON:MUT) and abrdn (LON:ABDN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the media favor MUT or ABDN?

In the previous week, abrdn had 6 more articles in the media than Murray Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for abrdn and 0 mentions for Murray Income Trust. abrdn's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Murray Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Murray Income Trust	Neutral
abrdn	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, MUT or ABDN?

Murray Income Trust has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MUT or ABDN?

abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than Murray Income Trust. Murray Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Murray Income Trust	£97.96M	9.07	£90.45M	£90.76	9.80
abrdn	£1.49B	2.44	£316.36M	£17.59	11.59

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MUT or ABDN?

35.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MUT or ABDN a better dividend stock?

Murray Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Murray Income Trust pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer MUT or ABDN?

abrdn has a consensus target price of GBX 195.60, suggesting a potential downside of 4.06%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe abrdn is more favorable than Murray Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Murray Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is MUT or ABDN more profitable?

Murray Income Trust has a net margin of 92.34% compared to abrdn's net margin of 21.19%. Murray Income Trust's return on equity of 9.57% beat abrdn's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Murray Income Trust	92.34%	9.57%	4.65%
abrdn	21.19%	6.46%	0.68%

Summary

abrdn beats Murray Income Trust on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.