DMF vs. IFN, DSU, MYD, RMT, MVF, NQP, BBH, MUA, HRZN, and HQL
Should you be buying BNY Mellon Municipal Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BNY Mellon Municipal Income include The India Fund (IFN), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), VanEck Biotech ETF (BBH), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), and Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BNY Mellon Municipal Income (NYSE:DMF) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
10.8% of The India Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BNY Mellon Municipal Income shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, The India Fund had 6 more articles in the media than BNY Mellon Municipal Income. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for The India Fund and 0 mentions for BNY Mellon Municipal Income. The India Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat BNY Mellon Municipal Income's score of 0.00 indicating that The India Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BNY Mellon Municipal Income pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. The India Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%.
BNY Mellon Municipal Income has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The India Fund has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The India Fund received 143 more outperform votes than BNY Mellon Municipal Income when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
The India Fund beats BNY Mellon Municipal Income on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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