MUT vs. ABDN, 3IN, PHLL, BUR, JGGI, RCP, BPT, MNKS, EMG, and CTY
Should you be buying Murray Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Murray Income Trust include abrdn (ABDN), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Burford Capital (BUR), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), Man Group (EMG), and City of London (CTY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Murray Income Trust vs. Its Competitors
abrdn (LON:ABDN) and Murray Income Trust (LON:MUT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Murray Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. 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.
In the previous week, abrdn had 4 more articles in the media than Murray Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 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 media.
abrdn has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Murray Income Trust has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
abrdn presently has a consensus target price of GBX 184.33, suggesting a potential downside of 5.03%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe abrdn is more favorable than Murray Income Trust.
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.
38.2% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
abrdn beats Murray Income Trust on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Murray Income Trust News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MUT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MUT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Murray Income Trust Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (LON:MUT) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
Free MUT Stock Alerts