LEO vs. VFL, AWF, ASA, DMF, DSM, EVN, FT, VPV, JOF, and JHS
Should you be buying BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals include abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BNY Mellon Municipal Income (DMF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV), Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF), and John Hancock Income Securities Trust (JHS). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (NYSE:LEO) and abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking.
In the previous week, BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled abrdn National Municipal Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals received 139 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%.
Summary
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund beats BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals on 2 of the 3 factors compared between the two stocks.
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