DTF vs. MIN, ASG, NCA, TPVG, MMT, IIF, MXF, AEF, BKT, and TSI
Should you be buying DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund include MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF), The Mexico Fund (MXF), Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (AEF), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), and TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
MFS Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE:MIN) and DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund (NYSE:DTF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, MFS Intermediate Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MFS Intermediate Income Trust and 0 mentions for DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund. MFS Intermediate Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund's score of -0.55 indicating that MFS Intermediate Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MFS Intermediate Income Trust received 71 more outperform votes than DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.76% of users gave MFS Intermediate Income Trust an outperform vote while only 58.91% of users gave DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund an outperform vote.
MFS Intermediate Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%.
50.9% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MFS Intermediate Income Trust has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MFS Intermediate Income Trust beats DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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