ECF vs. KSM, PFO, PCM, MGF, PCF, CXE, NMT, SWZ, NIM, and KF
Should you be buying Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund include DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (KSM), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO), PCM Fund (PCM), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF), High Income Securities Fund (PCF), MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE), Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT), The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM), and The Korea Fund (KF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KSM) and Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (NYSE:ECF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust received 85 more outperform votes than Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust and 1 mentions for Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust's score of -0.10 indicating that DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
53.8% of DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%.
Summary
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust beats Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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