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Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (CEV) Competitors

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$9.97 0.00 (-0.01%)
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CEV vs. MMT, MFM, AEF, IIF, EMF, TPVG, TSI, MVT, SSSS, and NPV

Should you be buying Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust include MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), MFS MUNI INC TR (MFM), Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (AEF), Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), SURO Capital (SSSS), and Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust vs. Its Competitors

MFS Multimarket Income Trust (NYSE:MMT) and Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:CEV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and earnings.

MFS Multimarket Income Trust has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MFS Multimarket Income TrustN/A N/A N/A
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust N/A N/A N/A

19.0% of MFS Multimarket Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

MFS Multimarket Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MFS Multimarket Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust-$1.51M-46.47N/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, MFS Multimarket Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Summary

MFS Multimarket Income Trust beats Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust on 3 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CEV vs. The Competition

MetricEaton Vance California Municipal Income TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$70.12M$40.64B$12.64B$21.57B
Dividend Yield2.01%3.28%5.48%3.56%
P/E RatioN/A16.17239.1929.56
Price / Sales-46.479.9630.6760.49
Price / CashN/AN/A19.6518.12
Price / BookN/AN/A2.294.63
Net IncomeN/AN/A$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-0.51%-0.52%-0.53%-0.45%
1 Month Performance4.99%1.73%0.94%2.12%
1 Year Performance-7.87%7.55%539.75%12.23%

Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CEV
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.97
0.0%
N/A-7.9%$70.12M-$1.51M0.00N/A
MMT
MFS Multimarket Income Trust
N/A$4.78
+0.4%
N/A-2.5%$264.33MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
MFM
MFS MUNI INC TR
N/A$5.35
+0.9%
N/A-6.7%$262.31MN/A0.00281
AEF
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund
N/A$6.33
-2.8%
N/A+9.0%$257.00M$43.16M0.00N/APositive News
IIF
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund
N/A$26.82
-1.1%
N/A-12.6%$256.35MN/A0.00N/APositive News
EMF
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund
N/A$16.47
+0.1%
N/A+18.6%$249.77MN/A0.00N/A
TPVG
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC
2.7968 of 5 stars
$6.05
-0.9%
$6.75
+11.7%
-18.0%$243.73M$108.65M5.81N/APositive News
TSI
TCW Strategic Income Fund
N/A$5.02
-0.2%
N/A-2.4%$239.86MN/A0.00N/APositive News
MVT
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II
N/A$10.73
-0.4%
N/A-7.0%$223.83MN/A0.00N/A
SSSS
SURO Capital
2.6661 of 5 stars
$9.08
-2.6%
$10.00
+10.1%
+123.8%$216.92M$4.67M-4.809Positive News
NPV
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.57
+0.5%
N/A-9.1%$207.45MN/A0.00N/A

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