EVN vs. VFL, AWF, ASA, DMF, DSM, LEO, FT, VPV, JOF, and JHS
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 Municipal Income (DMF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV), Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF), and John Hancock Income Securities Trust (JHS).
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:EVN) and abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%.
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust received 136 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust and 0 mentions for abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat abrdn National Municipal Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust beats abrdn National Municipal Income Fund on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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