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MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE) Competitors

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$3.72 -0.03 (-0.80%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$3.69 -0.03 (-0.78%)
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CXE vs. RMT, ECC, CION, TYG, IFN, HQL, EVN, MCI, MVF, and SAR

Should you be buying MFS High Income Municipal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS High Income Municipal Trust include Royce Otc Micro (RMT), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), CION Investment (CION), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), India Fund (IFN), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), and Saratoga Investment (SAR). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

MFS High Income Municipal Trust vs. Its Competitors

MFS High Income Municipal Trust (NYSE:CXE) and ROYCE OTC MICRO (NYSE:RMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

MFS High Income Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ROYCE OTC MICRO has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

MFS High Income Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. ROYCE OTC MICRO pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MFS High Income Municipal TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
ROYCE OTC MICRON/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, MFS High Income Municipal Trust had 1 more articles in the media than ROYCE OTC MICRO. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MFS High Income Municipal Trust and 1 mentions for ROYCE OTC MICRO. MFS High Income Municipal Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat ROYCE OTC MICRO's score of 0.67 indicating that MFS High Income Municipal Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MFS High Income Municipal Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ROYCE OTC MICRO
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

34.4% of MFS High Income Municipal Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of ROYCE OTC MICRO shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of ROYCE OTC MICRO shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MFS High Income Municipal TrustN/A N/A N/A
ROYCE OTC MICRO N/A N/A N/A

Summary

ROYCE OTC MICRO beats MFS High Income Municipal Trust on 4 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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CXE vs. The Competition

MetricMFS High Income Municipal TrustFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$139.72M$4.09B$12.71B$22.03B
Dividend Yield1.71%6.09%5.54%3.60%
P/E RatioN/AN/A30.1629.86
Price / SalesN/A24.6630.0366.06
Price / CashN/A17.6822.5724.43
Price / BookN/A1.272.294.64
Net IncomeN/A$187.53M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance0.54%0.79%0.34%0.54%
1 Month Performance2.62%2.34%0.41%3.12%
1 Year Performance-5.34%4.77%539.27%15.34%

MFS High Income Municipal Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CXE
MFS High Income Municipal Trust
N/A$3.72
-0.8%
N/A-5.4%$139.72MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
RMT
Royce Otc Micro
N/A$10.29
-0.9%
N/A+9.7%$540.92M$89.62M0.00N/A
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
3.1113 of 5 stars
$6.51
+1.9%
$8.21
+26.1%
-31.9%$499.79M$179.77M59.05N/APositive News
CION
CION Investment
1.7381 of 5 stars
$9.44
-0.6%
$10.75
+13.9%
-20.8%$491.73M$252.43M-49.68N/AAnalyst Forecast
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$42.94
-0.3%
N/A+5.9%$462.46MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
IFN
India Fund
N/A$14.63
+0.5%
N/A-18.4%$454.35M-$7.38M0.0021,000News Coverage
HQL
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$15.31
+0.4%
N/A+6.5%$441.88MN/A0.00N/APositive News
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$11.13
-0.6%
N/A-1.5%$441.53MN/A0.00N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$20.74
+0.7%
N/A+5.2%$420.51MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.90
-0.1%
N/A-7.2%$395.36MN/A0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.871 of 5 stars
$24.31
+0.5%
$24.25
-0.2%
+0.5%$388.38M$148.85M9.863,211Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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