KTF vs. HRZN, TYG, HQL, MCI, SOR, MYN, MIY, PPT, MHN, and ASG
Should you be buying DWS Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DWS Municipal Income Trust include Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Source Capital (SOR), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), and Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
DWS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KTF) and Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
DWS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horizon Technology Finance has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Horizon Technology Finance had 6 more articles in the media than DWS Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Horizon Technology Finance and 0 mentions for DWS Municipal Income Trust. Horizon Technology Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat DWS Municipal Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Horizon Technology Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DWS Municipal Income Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Horizon Technology Finance's net margin of -15.14%. Horizon Technology Finance's return on equity of 18.24% beat DWS Municipal Income Trust's return on equity.
Horizon Technology Finance received 172 more outperform votes than DWS Municipal Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.88% of users gave DWS Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave Horizon Technology Finance an outperform vote.
DWS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Horizon Technology Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Horizon Technology Finance pays out -269.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
57.7% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.9% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
DWS Municipal Income Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Horizon Technology Finance.
Horizon Technology Finance has a consensus price target of $10.38, suggesting a potential downside of 8.75%. Given Horizon Technology Finance's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Horizon Technology Finance is more favorable than DWS Municipal Income Trust.
Summary
Horizon Technology Finance beats DWS Municipal Income Trust on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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