Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN) Competitors $10.95 -0.06 (-0.54%) Closing price 09/12/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$10.95 0.00 (0.00%) As of 09/12/2025 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock EVN vs. OXLC, BCAT, CET, GSBD, MFIC, NMFC, BCSF, PFLT, BBDC, and AWFShould you be buying Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust include Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Central Securities (CET), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Barings Bdc (BBDC), and AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust vs. Its Competitors Oxford Lane Capital BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust Central Securities Goldman Sachs BDC MidCap Financial Investment New Mountain Finance Bain Capital Specialty Finance PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Barings Bdc AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) and Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:EVN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations. Which has more risk and volatility, OXLC or EVN? Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is OXLC or EVN a better dividend stock? Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 30.5%. Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 130.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OXLC or EVN? Oxford Lane Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioOxford Lane Capital$57.31M27.98$376.14M$4.154.26Eaton Vance Municipal Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A Is OXLC or EVN more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Oxford Lane CapitalN/A N/A N/A Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust N/A N/A N/A Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in OXLC or EVN? 6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media refer more to OXLC or EVN? In the previous week, Oxford Lane Capital had 7 more articles in the media than Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital and 0 mentions for Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust. Oxford Lane Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Oxford Lane Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Oxford Lane Capital Positive Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust Neutral SummaryOxford Lane Capital beats Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for EVN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart EVN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricEaton Vance Municipal Income TrustFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$434.36M$3.94B$12.71B$21.54BDividend Yield2.81%6.28%5.41%3.50%P/E RatioN/AN/A245.7829.75Price / SalesN/A19.0330.8252.73Price / CashN/A18.7719.2518.13Price / BookN/A1.232.314.63Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$999.94M7 Day Performance2.67%1.40%1.00%0.68%1 Month Performance4.48%2.83%2.74%4.02%1 Year Performance-1.62%3.21%543.82%16.39% Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)EVNEaton Vance Municipal Income TrustN/A$10.95-0.5%N/A-1.6%$434.36MN/A0.00N/AOXLCOxford Lane Capital2.2539 of 5 stars$17.14-3.4%N/A-33.6%$1.66B$57.31M20.65601News CoveragePositive NewsStock SplitShort Interest ↓BCATBlackRock Capital Allocation Term TrustN/A$15.19-0.2%N/A-8.6%$1.63B$197.67M0.00147,000Positive NewsShort Interest ↓CETCentral SecuritiesN/A$50.11+0.0%N/A+12.3%$1.45B$222.17M0.006Positive NewsGSBDGoldman Sachs BDC1.2815 of 5 stars$11.37-0.6%$10.00-12.0%-20.3%$1.30B$434.37M9.02N/ANews CoverageMFICMidCap Financial Investment2.3515 of 5 stars$12.47-0.9%$13.30+6.7%-9.4%$1.16B$301.78M11.54N/APositive NewsEx-DividendNMFCNew Mountain Finance2.8007 of 5 stars$10.51-0.5%$10.75+2.3%-14.9%$1.12B$371.67M13.82N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance3.0976 of 5 stars$15.69+0.2%$16.50+5.2%-8.9%$1.02B$292.65M9.451,000News CoveragePositive NewsPFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.6282 of 5 stars$10.26-0.3%$10.88+6.0%-12.4%$1.02B$89.89M7.33658Positive NewsShort Interest ↓BBDCBarings Bdc2.6488 of 5 stars$9.47+0.3%$9.67+2.1%-6.5%$995.87M$286.17M9.8626AWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$11.27-0.2%N/A+1.2%$971.38M$70.19M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Oxford Lane Capital Alternatives BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust Alternatives Central Securities Alternatives Goldman Sachs BDC Alternatives MidCap Financial Investment Alternatives New Mountain Finance Alternatives Bain Capital Specialty Finance Alternatives PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Alternatives Barings Bdc Alternatives AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:EVN) was last updated on 9/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCollege grad makes $64,000 a monthA Wall Street legend just helped train our own proprietary AI system in the stock market (a project that took ...Stansberry Research | SponsoredCrypto Gets Official Government Backing—Here's the WinnerTrump Just Signed the GENIUS Act—One Coin is About to Explode We're at the BEGINNING of smart money really ...Crypto 101 Media | SponsoredElon’s Secret Social Security BombshellTo All Americans Born Before April 16th, 1963: Did Trump Just Give The Green Light To Radically RE-DO Social S...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredTrump’s right about Epstein.A crisis that could devastate your wealth, upend the dollar, and accelerate the collapse of America’s economy....Porter & Company | SponsoredForget NVDA. 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