CEE vs. PPT, RFI, PMO, HCAI, OIA, PMM, RCS, DOGZ, MQT, and FUND
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), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), Huachen AI Parking Management Technology (HCAI), Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust (OIA), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), and Sprott Focus Trust (FUND). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund vs.
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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, The Central and Eastern Europe Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Putnam Premier Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The Central and Eastern Europe Fund and 2 mentions for Putnam Premier Income Trust. Putnam Premier Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat The Central and Eastern Europe Fund's score of 0.71 indicating that Putnam Premier Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Putnam Premier Income Trust has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Central and Eastern Europe Fund has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Putnam Premier Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. The Central and Eastern Europe Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%.
Summary
Putnam Premier Income Trust beats The Central and Eastern Europe Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CEE) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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