EVN vs. VFL, AWF, ASA, DSM, LEO, FT, INSI, VCV, VMO, and VKQ
Should you be buying Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust include abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Insight Select Income Fund (INSI), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), and Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) and Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:EVN) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%.
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust received 136 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, abrdn National Municipal Income Fund and abrdn National Municipal Income Fund both had 1 articles in the media. Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat abrdn National Municipal Income Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that abrdn National Municipal Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund and Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust tied by winning 2 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.
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