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MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE) Competitors

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$3.54 +0.01 (+0.28%)
As of 06/12/2025 03:20 PM Eastern

CXE vs. IFN, CION, RMT, TYG, EVN, MVF, MCI, SAR, HQL, and MYN

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 The India Fund (IFN), CION Investment (CION), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Saratoga Investment (SAR), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), and BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN). 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 The India Fund (NYSE:IFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, MFS High Income Municipal Trust and MFS High Income Municipal Trust both had 1 articles in the media. MFS High Income Municipal Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat The India Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that MFS High Income Municipal Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
MFS High Income Municipal Trust Positive
The India Fund Negative

34.4% of MFS High Income Municipal Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of The India Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock 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
The India Fund N/A N/A N/A

MFS High Income Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The India Fund has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

MFS High Income Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. The India Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.0%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MFS High Income Municipal Trust$16.29M8.10N/AN/AN/A
The India Fund$110.12M4.61N/AN/AN/A

The India Fund received 143 more outperform votes than MFS High Income Municipal Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MFS High Income Municipal TrustN/AN/A
The India FundOutperform Votes
143
67.14%
Underperform Votes
70
32.86%

Summary

MFS High Income Municipal Trust beats The India Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CXE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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CXE vs. The Competition

MetricMFS High Income Municipal TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$131.52M$7.14B$11.72B$19.87B
Dividend Yield3.64%6.78%5.66%3.83%
P/E RatioN/A3.5923.0535.60
Price / Sales8.1024.7226.8043.81
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.51
Price / BookN/A0.922.894.85
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.29%0.77%0.67%0.90%
1 Month Performance-0.84%1.63%1.15%2.35%
1 Year Performance-3.93%2.88%540.95%10.79%

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$3.54
+0.3%
N/A-3.0%$131.52M$16.29M0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓
IFN
The India Fund
N/A$16.48
+0.3%
N/A-7.8%$511.80M$110.12M0.0021,000Negative News
Short Interest ↑
CION
CION Investment
2.2348 of 5 stars
$9.20
+1.0%
$11.00
+19.6%
-24.9%$484.46M-$2.97M6.26N/ANews Coverage
RMT
Royce Micro-Cap Trust
N/A$9.10
+0.4%
N/A-7.4%$461.21M$66.96M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
Gap Down
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$41.18
-1.0%
N/A+28.4%$443.27M$214.33M0.00N/A
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.27
+0.4%
N/A+0.4%$407.18M$38.57M0.00N/APositive News
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.67
+0.6%
N/A-5.8%$402.29M$11.04M0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$19.40
-0.8%
N/A+18.8%$393.80M$37.92M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.345 of 5 stars
$24.12
-1.2%
$24.25
+0.5%
-0.7%$370.67M$42.10M9.733,211News Coverage
HQL
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$12.84
+0.2%
N/A-6.2%$370.57M$86.69M0.00N/A
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.46
+0.3%
N/A-9.7%$362.25M$1.69M0.00N/APositive News
Short Interest ↓

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