EVN vs. AWF, ASA, MCI, MPV, BKT, BKN, MUC, MHN, MVT, and MVF
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 AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Barings Participation Investors (MPV), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), and BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust vs.
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:EVN) and AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (NYSE:AWF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
25.8% of AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust received 10 more outperform votes than AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.38% of users gave AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 62.39% of users gave Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust and 0 mentions for AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund. Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%.
Summary
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund beats Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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