BNY Mellon Municipal Income (DMF) Competitors

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (NYSE:MMU) and BNY Mellon Municipal Income (NYSE:DMF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Which has better earnings & valuation, MMU or DMF?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	$60.65M	8.97	N/A	N/A	N/A
BNY Mellon Municipal Income	$26.28M	5.54	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MMU or DMF?

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund received 90 more outperform votes than BNY Mellon Municipal Income when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	Outperform Votes 90 68.18%	Underperform Votes 42 31.82%
BNY Mellon Municipal Income	N/A	N/A

Is MMU or DMF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
BNY Mellon Municipal Income	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is MMU or DMF a better dividend stock?

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. BNY Mellon Municipal Income pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%.

Does the media refer more to MMU or DMF?

In the previous week, Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BNY Mellon Municipal Income. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund and 2 mentions for BNY Mellon Municipal Income. Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat BNY Mellon Municipal Income's score of 0.50 indicating that Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BNY Mellon Municipal Income	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, MMU or DMF?

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BNY Mellon Municipal Income has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund beats BNY Mellon Municipal Income on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.