Murray Income Trust (MUT) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate ABDN or MUT?

abrdn presently has a consensus price target of GBX 163.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.86%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe abrdn is more favorable than Murray Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Murray Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is ABDN or MUT 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
abrdn	21.19%	6.46%	0.68%
Murray Income Trust	92.34%	9.57%	4.65%

Which has more risk & volatility, ABDN or MUT?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ABDN or MUT?

Murray Income Trust received 92 more outperform votes than abrdn when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.37% of users gave Murray Income Trust an outperform vote while only 12.73% of users gave abrdn an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn	Outperform Votes 7 12.73%	Underperform Votes 48 87.27%
Murray Income Trust	Outperform Votes 99 60.37%	Underperform Votes 65 39.63%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ABDN or MUT?

38.2% of abrdn shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of abrdn shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ABDN or MUT?

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
abrdn	£1.49B	2.02	£316.36M	£17.59	9.57
Murray Income Trust	£97.96M	8.71	£90.45M	£90.76	9.41

Does the media prefer ABDN or MUT?

In the previous week, Murray Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Murray Income Trust and 0 mentions for abrdn. Murray Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat abrdn's score of 0.00 indicating that Murray Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
abrdn	Neutral
Murray Income Trust	Very Positive

Is ABDN or MUT a better dividend stock?

abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Murray Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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. Murray Income Trust pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Murray Income Trust beats abrdn on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.