DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF) Competitors

SRH Total Return Fund (NYSE:STEW) and DWS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KTF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts prefer STEW or KTF?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SRH Total Return Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
DWS Municipal Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in STEW or KTF?

15.6% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, STEW or KTF?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SRH Total Return Fund	$394.21M	3.81	N/A	N/A	N/A
DWS Municipal Income Trust	$14.44M	26.82	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is STEW or KTF a better dividend stock?

SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. DWS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%.

Does the media favor STEW or KTF?

In the previous week, SRH Total Return Fund and SRH Total Return Fund both had 2 articles in the media. DWS Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat SRH Total Return Fund's score of 0.81 indicating that DWS Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SRH Total Return Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DWS Municipal Income Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, STEW or KTF?

SRH Total Return Fund has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DWS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is STEW or KTF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
DWS Municipal Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STEW or KTF?

DWS Municipal Income Trust received 112 more outperform votes than SRH Total Return Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A
DWS Municipal Income Trust	Outperform Votes 112 65.88%	Underperform Votes 58 34.12%

Summary

DWS Municipal Income Trust beats SRH Total Return Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.