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MFS HI YLD (CMU) Competitors

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$3.45 +0.01 (+0.29%)
Closing price 09/17/2025 03:57 PM Eastern
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CMU vs. TWN, MIN, MHN, TDF, DSM, NCA, TPVG, MXF, MMT, and MFM

Should you be buying MFS HI YLD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS HI YLD include Taiwan Fund (TWN), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), Nuveen California Municipal Va (NCA), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), Mexico Fund (MXF), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), and Mfs Muni Inc Tr (MFM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

MFS HI YLD vs. Its Competitors

Taiwan Fund (NYSE:TWN) and MFS HI YLD (NYSE:CMU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.

In the previous week, Taiwan Fund had 2 more articles in the media than MFS HI YLD. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Taiwan Fund and 2 mentions for MFS HI YLD. Taiwan Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat MFS HI YLD's score of 0.48 indicating that Taiwan Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Taiwan Fund
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MFS HI YLD
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

32.4% of MFS HI YLD shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Taiwan Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Taiwan Fund pays an annual dividend of $7.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.9%. MFS HI YLD pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Taiwan FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
MFS HI YLDN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Taiwan Fund has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS HI YLD has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Taiwan FundN/A N/A N/A
MFS HI YLD N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Taiwan Fund beats MFS HI YLD on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CMU vs. The Competition

MetricMFS HI YLDFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$87.69M$3.96B$12.63B$21.52B
Dividend Yield2.59%6.10%5.42%3.50%
P/E RatioN/AN/A244.5629.87
Price / SalesN/A24.0830.9652.31
Price / CashN/A18.6622.2324.68
Price / BookN/A1.332.324.54
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$999.97M
7 Day Performance-0.14%0.06%-0.38%-0.18%
1 Month Performance4.07%3.38%3.09%4.37%
1 Year Performance-5.35%3.58%541.38%14.40%

MFS HI YLD Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMU
MFS HI YLD
N/A$3.45
+0.3%
N/A-5.2%$87.69MN/A0.00N/A
TWN
Taiwan Fund
N/A$52.36
+0.5%
N/A+25.6%$334.55MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
MIN
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
N/A$2.72
-0.2%
N/A-2.5%$308.97MN/A0.00N/APositive News
MHN
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.95
+0.3%
N/A-7.1%$300.74MN/A0.00N/AEx-Dividend
TDF
Templeton Dragon Fund
N/A$11.38
+0.8%
N/A+53.9%$288.39M$63.50M0.00147,000
DSM
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund
N/A$5.83
-0.1%
N/A-5.3%$287.92M-$7.19M0.0020,786
NCA
Nuveen California Municipal Va
N/A$8.63
+0.2%
N/A-4.6%$285.72M$17.68M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
TPVG
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC
2.0636 of 5 stars
$6.73
-1.2%
$6.75
+0.3%
-14.8%$271.38M$53.50M6.47N/A
MXF
Mexico Fund
N/A$18.44
+0.1%
N/A+25.1%$269.96M-$34.30M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
MMT
MFS Multimarket Income Trust
N/A$4.81
+0.1%
N/A-0.8%$265.73M$21.54M0.00N/APositive News
MFM
Mfs Muni Inc Tr
N/A$5.27
+0.1%
N/A-6.4%$258.12M$8.05M0.00281

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This page (NYSE:CMU) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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