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MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE) Competitors

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$3.70 +0.01 (+0.14%)
Closing price 09/16/2025 03:57 PM Eastern
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$3.69 -0.01 (-0.24%)
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CXE vs. RMT, CION, IFN, TYG, MCI, EVN, MVF, HQL, SAR, and JOF

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), CION Investment (CION), India Fund (IFN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Saratoga Investment (SAR), and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

MFS High Income Municipal Trust vs. Its Competitors

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

35.0% of ROYCE OTC MICRO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of MFS High Income Municipal Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of ROYCE OTC MICRO shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

ROYCE OTC MICRO pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. MFS High Income Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%.

In the previous week, ROYCE OTC MICRO and ROYCE OTC MICRO both had 3 articles in the media. MFS High Income Municipal Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat ROYCE OTC MICRO's score of 1.47 indicating that MFS High Income Municipal Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

ROYCE OTC MICRO has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS High Income Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Summary

ROYCE OTC MICRO beats MFS High Income Municipal Trust on 4 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$137.48M$3.96B$12.71B$21.51B
Dividend Yield2.17%6.21%5.42%3.50%
P/E RatioN/AN/A246.5429.83
Price / SalesN/A21.6530.8853.44
Price / CashN/A18.6222.2224.76
Price / BookN/A1.292.314.53
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$998.53M
7 Day Performance0.52%0.47%0.41%1.09%
1 Month Performance3.21%3.21%3.00%4.39%
1 Year Performance-5.98%3.47%541.39%13.83%

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$3.70
+0.1%
N/A-6.7%$137.48MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
RMT
Royce Otc Micro
N/A$10.29
-0.2%
N/A+9.2%$540.92M$89.62M0.00N/APositive News
CION
CION Investment
1.6222 of 5 stars
$10.06
-0.1%
$10.75
+6.9%
-18.2%$523.50M$252.43M-52.89N/A
IFN
India Fund
N/A$15.13
+0.5%
N/A-17.8%$469.88M$110.12M0.0021,000
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$42.51
+0.1%
N/A+13.2%$457.62M$100.01M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$21.29
-0.1%
N/A+17.8%$432.06M$37.92M0.00N/A
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.87
-0.5%
N/A-1.6%$431.02MN/A0.00N/A
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.84
-0.1%
N/A-8.5%$412.22MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓
HQL
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$14.23
0.0%
N/A-10.5%$410.24MN/A0.00N/AInsider Trade
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.2908 of 5 stars
$24.67
-0.5%
$24.25
-1.7%
+3.2%$393.65M$148.85M9.993,211Dividend Announcement
JOF
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
N/A$10.83
-0.6%
N/A+34.8%$381.43MN/A0.00N/ADividend Announcement

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This page (NYSE:CXE) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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