Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN) Competitors $10.22 +0.05 (+0.44%) Closing price 05/1/2025 03:49 PM EasternExtended Trading$10.22 0.00 (0.00%) As of 05/1/2025 04:05 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. RVT, OXLC, BCAT, GSBD, CET, MFIC, NMFC, BCSF, MUC, and BBDCShould you be buying Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust include Royce Value Trust (RVT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Central Securities (CET), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), and Barings BDC (BBDC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust vs. Royce Value Trust Oxford Lane Capital BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust Goldman Sachs BDC Central Securities MidCap Financial Investment New Mountain Finance Bain Capital Specialty Finance BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Barings BDC Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:EVN) and Royce Value Trust (NYSE:RVT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings. Which has better earnings and valuation, EVN or RVT? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioEaton Vance Municipal Income Trust$38.57M10.51N/AN/AN/ARoyce Value Trust$9.80M165.53N/AN/AN/A Is EVN or RVT a better dividend stock? Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Which has more volatility and risk, EVN or RVT? Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor EVN or RVT? In the previous week, Royce Value Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Royce Value Trust and 3 mentions for Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust. Royce Value Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust's score of 1.16 indicating that Royce Value Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Royce Value Trust 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Do institutionals and insiders believe in EVN or RVT? 25.6% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community favor EVN or RVT? Royce Value Trust received 54 more outperform votes than Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.29% of users gave Royce Value Trust an outperform vote while only 62.39% of users gave Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformEaton Vance Municipal Income TrustOutperform Votes13662.39% Underperform Votes8237.61% Royce Value TrustOutperform Votes19065.29% Underperform Votes10134.71% Is EVN or RVT more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Eaton Vance Municipal Income TrustN/A N/A N/A Royce Value Trust N/A N/A N/A SummaryRoyce Value Trust beats Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust on 8 of the 10 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. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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 TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$405.20M$6.70B$11.10B$18.96BDividend Yield4.99%6.92%5.77%4.01%P/E RatioN/A3.5222.1032.87Price / Sales10.5121.5626.3128.03Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.52Price / BookN/A0.862.674.47Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance1.54%0.88%0.72%0.59%1 Month Performance-1.49%-2.09%-0.58%-3.54%1 Year Performance3.50%1.62%537.58%3.80% 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$10.22+0.4%N/A+3.8%$405.20M$38.57M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑News CoveragePositive NewsRVTRoyce Value TrustN/A$13.89+0.1%N/A-0.5%$1.60B$9.80M0.0050Positive NewsOXLCOxford Lane Capital1.1245 of 5 stars$4.61+0.9%N/A-8.3%$1.59B$194.42M5.55601Short Interest ↑BCATBlackRock Capital Allocation Term TrustN/A$14.38+0.5%N/A-6.9%$1.55B$197.67M0.00147,000Positive NewsGSBDGoldman Sachs BDC2.0669 of 5 stars$10.90-0.2%$12.00+10.1%-33.2%$1.28B$78.71M15.57N/AUpcoming EarningsCETCentral SecuritiesN/A$43.690.0%N/A+9.1%$1.26B$296.20M0.006News CoveragePositive NewsMFICMidCap Financial Investment2.7552 of 5 stars$12.12+0.7%$13.80+13.9%-23.2%$1.14B$110.35M7.77N/AAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageNMFCNew Mountain Finance2.0204 of 5 stars$10.23+1.0%$10.50+2.6%-22.8%$1.10B$123.78M9.74N/AUpcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑BCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance2.4256 of 5 stars$15.52-0.1%$16.50+6.3%-11.1%$1.01B$138.19M7.801,000Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑MUCBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/A$10.40-0.5%N/A-0.8%$998.37M$6.39M0.00147,000BBDCBarings BDC1.3682 of 5 stars$8.87+0.1%$9.25+4.3%-9.4%$934.98M$123.59M8.5326Upcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Royce Value Trust Alternatives Oxford Lane Capital Alternatives BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust Alternatives Goldman Sachs BDC Alternatives Central Securities Alternatives MidCap Financial Investment Alternatives New Mountain Finance Alternatives Bain Capital Specialty Finance Alternatives BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Alternatives Barings BDC 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 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe next market Nvidia is positioned to dominate …Robots — built by Nvidia. 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