DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF) Competitors $8.93 +0.02 (+0.22%) Closing price 05/22/2025 03:57 PM EasternExtended Trading$8.93 0.00 (0.00%) As of 05/22/2025 04:04 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock KTF vs. CET, GSBD, MFIC, NMFC, PFLT, BCSF, MUC, BBDC, AWF, and HQHShould you be buying DWS Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DWS Municipal Income Trust include Central Securities (CET), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), and Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. DWS Municipal Income Trust vs. Central Securities Goldman Sachs BDC MidCap Financial Investment New Mountain Finance PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Bain Capital Specialty Finance BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Barings BDC AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Abrdn Healthcare Investors Central Securities (NYSE:CET) and DWS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KTF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership. Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CET or KTF? 8.7% of Central Securities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Central Securities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are held by 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. Which has more volatility & risk, CET or KTF? Central Securities has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DWS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is CET or KTF a better dividend stock? Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. DWS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Is CET or KTF more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Central SecuritiesN/A N/A N/A DWS Municipal Income Trust N/A N/A N/A Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CET or KTF? DWS Municipal Income Trust received 112 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCentral SecuritiesN/AN/ADWS Municipal Income TrustOutperform Votes11265.88% Underperform Votes5834.12% Does the media favor CET or KTF? In the previous week, DWS Municipal Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Central Securities. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for DWS Municipal Income Trust and 1 mentions for Central Securities. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat DWS Municipal Income Trust's score of 0.67 indicating that Central Securities is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Central Securities 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive DWS Municipal Income Trust 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CET or KTF? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCentral Securities$296.20M4.50N/AN/AN/ADWS Municipal Income Trust$35.07M9.97N/AN/AN/A SummaryDWS Municipal Income Trust beats Central Securities on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks. Get DWS Municipal Income Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for KTF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart KTF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricDWS Municipal Income TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$349.82M$6.92B$11.47B$19.30BDividend Yield5.55%6.79%5.45%3.83%P/E RatioN/A3.5722.4234.53Price / Sales9.9721.8627.6234.83Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.51Price / BookN/A0.882.774.69Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance-2.78%-0.92%-1.34%-2.43%1 Month Performance0.92%2.85%5.24%6.27%1 Year Performance-4.90%0.98%538.04%5.78% DWS Municipal Income Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)KTFDWS Municipal Income TrustN/A$8.93+0.2%N/A-5.3%$349.82M$35.07M0.00N/ACETCentral SecuritiesN/A$46.75-0.5%N/A+6.7%$1.35B$296.20M0.006GSBDGoldman Sachs BDC1.4989 of 5 stars$11.33+0.4%$12.00+5.9%-28.0%$1.33B$67.93M16.19N/APositive NewsMFICMidCap Financial Investment2.7161 of 5 stars$12.87+0.1%$14.00+8.8%-17.9%$1.20B$110.35M8.25N/ANMFCNew Mountain Finance2.1879 of 5 stars$10.84+0.8%$10.67-1.6%-15.7%$1.17B$118.17M10.32N/APositive NewsPFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.5035 of 5 stars$10.34+1.1%$11.08+7.2%-10.6%$1.03B$114.06M7.39658BCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.8583 of 5 stars$15.76+0.5%$16.50+4.7%-4.4%$1.02B$131.73M7.921,000MUCBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/A$10.45-0.4%N/A-4.5%$1.00B$6.39M0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsBBDCBarings BDC2.3124 of 5 stars$9.14+0.4%$9.33+2.1%-7.8%$963.44M$111.33M8.7926News CoverageAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.80flatN/A-0.7%$931.28M$152.17M0.00N/APositive NewsUpcoming EarningsHQHAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$15.84+1.1%N/A-8.3%$853.17M$186.46M0.00147,000Positive NewsDividend IncreaseGap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CET Alternatives GSBD Alternatives MFIC Alternatives NMFC Alternatives PFLT Alternatives BCSF Alternatives MUC Alternatives BBDC Alternatives AWF Alternatives HQH Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:KTF) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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