MFS High Yield Municipal Trust (CMU) Competitors $3.34 +0.01 (+0.15%) Closing price 05/23/2025 03:55 PM EasternExtended Trading$3.34 0.00 (0.00%) As of 05/23/2025 04:04 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock CMU vs. ZTR, MIY, JOF, ASG, MIN, MHN, NCA, DSM, TPVG, and IIFShould you be buying MFS High Yield Municipal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust include Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund (ZTR), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), and Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. MFS High Yield Municipal Trust vs. Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Liberty All-Star Growth Fund MFS Intermediate Income Trust BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund (NYSE:ZTR) and MFS High Yield Municipal Trust (NYSE:CMU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership. Which has higher earnings & valuation, ZTR or CMU? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioVirtus Global Dividend & Income Fund$85.15M3.98N/AN/AN/AMFS High Yield Municipal Trust$12.61M6.76N/AN/AN/A Does the media refer more to ZTR or CMU? In the previous week, Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund and 0 mentions for MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat MFS High Yield Municipal Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund Positive MFS High Yield Municipal Trust Neutral Is ZTR or CMU more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Virtus Global Dividend & Income FundN/A N/A N/A MFS High Yield Municipal Trust N/A N/A N/A Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ZTR or CMU? Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund received 6 more outperform votes than MFS High Yield Municipal Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.58% of users gave Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund an outperform vote while only 62.57% of users gave MFS High Yield Municipal Trust an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformVirtus Global Dividend & Income FundOutperform Votes12367.58% Underperform Votes5932.42% MFS High Yield Municipal TrustOutperform Votes11762.57% Underperform Votes7037.43% Which has more risk and volatility, ZTR or CMU? Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS High Yield Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is ZTR or CMU a better dividend stock? Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. MFS High Yield Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ZTR or CMU? 47.1% of Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.4% of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryVirtus Global Dividend & Income Fund beats MFS High Yield Municipal Trust on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks. Get MFS High Yield Municipal Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CMU and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart CMU vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMFS High Yield Municipal TrustClosed IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$85.27M$97.52M$11.49B$19.27BDividend Yield3.42%7.40%5.46%3.84%P/E RatioN/AN/A22.2234.41Price / Sales6.767.7927.4034.86Price / CashN/AN/A17.6217.51Price / BookN/AN/A2.764.69Net IncomeN/AN/A$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.59%-0.95%-1.37%-2.38%1 Month Performance1.21%0.82%3.43%4.34%1 Year Performance1.39%-3.70%535.18%4.86% MFS High Yield Municipal Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CMUMFS High Yield Municipal TrustN/A$3.35+0.1%N/A+2.0%$85.27M$12.61M0.00N/AZTRVirtus Global Dividend & Income FundN/A$6.15+0.5%N/A+12.5%$341.62M$85.15M0.00N/AMIYBlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality FundN/A$11.49-0.9%N/A+1.5%$337.40M$4.66M0.00N/APositive NewsJOFJapan Smaller Capitalization FundN/A$8.99+0.6%N/A+20.4%$316.66M$8.75M0.00N/APositive NewsASGLiberty All-Star Growth FundN/A$5.28+0.4%N/A-1.7%$307.49M$51.46M0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsMINMFS Intermediate Income TrustN/A$2.66-0.7%N/A+1.5%$302.70M$27.88M0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsMHNBlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality FundN/A$9.95-0.2%N/A-8.3%$300.91M$1.30M0.00N/APositive NewsNCANuveen California Municipal Value FundN/A$8.57-0.3%N/A-0.5%$283.74M$17.68M0.00N/ADSMBNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond FundN/A$5.73-0.2%N/A-1.8%$283.23M$33.49M0.0020,786TPVGTriplePoint Venture Growth BDC1.1675 of 5 stars$6.97+3.9%$6.79-2.6%-28.1%$280.42M$50.00M33.19N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsIIFMorgan Stanley India Investment FundN/A$27.02+0.9%N/A+9.7%$258.45M$63.07M0.00N/APositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund Competitors BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund Competitors Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Competitors Liberty All-Star Growth Fund Competitors MFS Intermediate Income Trust Competitors BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund Competitors Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund Competitors BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund Competitors TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Competitors Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:CMU) was last updated on 5/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket chaos is the new normalIt happened again. 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