KTF vs. MFIC, NMFC, PFLT, BBDC, BCSF, AWF, HQH, PHK, BTO, and CGBD
Should you be buying DWS Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DWS Municipal Income Trust include MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), BARINGS BDC (BBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), and Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
DWS Municipal Income Trust vs. Its Competitors
DWS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KTF) and MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
MidCap Financial Investment has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.49%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than DWS Municipal Income Trust.
In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 5 more articles in the media than DWS Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 0 mentions for DWS Municipal Income Trust. MidCap Financial Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat DWS Municipal Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that MidCap Financial Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
57.7% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than DWS Municipal Income Trust.
DWS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DWS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 122.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 33.21% compared to DWS Municipal Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 10.66% beat DWS Municipal Income Trust's return on equity.
Summary
MidCap Financial Investment beats DWS Municipal Income Trust on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:KTF) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
