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MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE) Competitors

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$3.58 +0.05 (+1.27%)
Closing price 09/5/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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CXE vs. IFN, TYG, MCI, EVN, SAR, HQL, MVF, JOF, LEO, 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 India Fund (IFN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Saratoga Investment (SAR), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), 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

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

In the previous week, MFS High Income Municipal Trust had 2 more articles in the media than India Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for MFS High Income Municipal Trust and 2 mentions for India Fund. India Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat MFS High Income Municipal Trust's score of 0.88 indicating that India Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
India Fund
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very 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)
Positive

10.8% of India Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of MFS High Income Municipal Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

India Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. MFS High Income Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
India FundN/A N/A N/A
MFS High Income Municipal Trust N/A N/A N/A

India Fund has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS High Income Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
India FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
MFS High Income Municipal Trust$1.82M73.31N/AN/AN/A

Summary

MFS High Income Municipal Trust beats India Fund 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$133.38M$3.97B$12.63B$21.33B
Dividend Yield2.27%6.18%5.41%3.49%
P/E RatioN/AN/A232.4229.64
Price / Sales73.3124.5230.9967.52
Price / CashN/A17.9822.1325.18
Price / BookN/A1.202.294.55
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$999.70M
7 Day Performance0.85%0.87%0.45%0.58%
1 Month Performance-0.69%2.25%3.99%5.67%
1 Year Performance-8.33%3.06%544.49%18.25%

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$3.58
+1.3%
N/A-8.2%$133.38M$1.82M0.00147,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
IFN
India Fund
N/A$14.98
-0.6%
N/A-16.6%$465.12MN/A0.0021,000Positive News
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$42.28
-0.8%
N/A+18.5%$455.30MN/A0.00N/APositive News
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$21.69
-0.7%
N/A+17.5%$441.12MN/A0.00N/APositive News
Short Interest ↓
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.42
-0.3%
N/A-1.2%$413.32MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.3644 of 5 stars
$25.50
-0.2%
$24.25
-4.9%
+2.5%$406.73M$148.85M10.323,211News Coverage
HQL
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$13.94
-0.1%
N/A-2.7%$402.30MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.57
-0.7%
N/A-9.7%$395.94MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
JOF
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
N/A$10.72
+0.0%
N/A+37.9%$377.38MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
LEO
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals
N/A$5.90
-0.9%
N/A-5.9%$367.20MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.29
-0.3%
N/A-9.8%$355.94MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement

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