CEE vs. PPT, DOGZ, RFI, PMO, RCS, PMM, OIA, FUND, MQT, and VTN
Should you be buying The Central and Eastern Europe Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund include Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust (OIA), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), and Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund vs. Its Competitors
Putnam Premier Income Trust (NYSE:PPT) and The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (NYSE:CEE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Putnam Premier Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than The Central and Eastern Europe Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Putnam Premier Income Trust and 1 mentions for The Central and Eastern Europe Fund. Putnam Premier Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat The Central and Eastern Europe Fund's score of 0.21 indicating that Putnam Premier Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Putnam Premier Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. The Central and Eastern Europe Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%.
Putnam Premier Income Trust has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Central and Eastern Europe Fund has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
42.8% of Putnam Premier Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Putnam Premier Income Trust received 66 more outperform votes than The Central and Eastern Europe Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.75% of users gave The Central and Eastern Europe Fund an outperform vote while only 66.20% of users gave Putnam Premier Income Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Putnam Premier Income Trust beats The Central and Eastern Europe Fund on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.
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This page (NYSE:CEE) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
