DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF) Competitors

DWS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KTF) and Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KTF or GSBD?

57.7% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate KTF or GSBD?

Goldman Sachs BDC has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.15%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than DWS Municipal Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DWS Municipal Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Goldman Sachs BDC	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, KTF or GSBD?

Goldman Sachs BDC has higher revenue and earnings than DWS Municipal Income Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DWS Municipal Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Goldman Sachs BDC	$434.37M	2.92	$62.87M	$1.26	8.83

Which has more risk and volatility, KTF or GSBD?

DWS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KTF or GSBD more profitable?

Goldman Sachs BDC has a net margin of 36.17% compared to DWS Municipal Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity of 13.95% beat DWS Municipal Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DWS Municipal Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Goldman Sachs BDC	36.17%	13.95%	6.17%

Is KTF or GSBD a better dividend stock?

DWS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 101.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer KTF or GSBD?

In the previous week, Goldman Sachs BDC had 1 more articles in the media than DWS Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC and 4 mentions for DWS Municipal Income Trust. DWS Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Goldman Sachs BDC's score of 0.51 indicating that DWS Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DWS Municipal Income Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Goldman Sachs BDC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Goldman Sachs BDC beats DWS Municipal Income Trust on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.