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MFS Municipal Income Trust (MFM) Competitors

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MFM vs. MUC, BCSF, AWF, BBDC, PFLT, HQH, PHK, CGBD, BTO, and NXP

Should you be buying MFS Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Municipal Income Trust include BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Barings BDC (BBDC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

MFS Municipal Income Trust vs.

MFS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:MFM) and BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (NYSE:MUC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MFS Municipal Income TrustN/A N/A N/A
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund N/A N/A N/A

31.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of MFS Municipal Income Trust shares are held 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MFS Municipal Income Trust$46.87M5.32N/AN/AN/A
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund$6.39M154.64N/AN/AN/A

MFS Municipal Income Trust received 172 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MFS Municipal Income TrustOutperform Votes
172
72.57%
Underperform Votes
65
27.43%
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/AN/A

In the previous week, MFS Municipal Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MFS Municipal Income Trust and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. MFS Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's score of 1.65 indicating that MFS Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
MFS Municipal Income Trust Very Positive
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Very Positive

MFS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

MFS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%.

Summary

MFS Municipal Income Trust beats BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MFM vs. The Competition

MetricMFS Municipal Income TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$249.54M$6.91B$11.49B$19.42B
Dividend Yield3.73%6.78%5.45%3.83%
P/E RatioN/A3.5722.4834.23
Price / Sales5.3221.8427.2934.85
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.51
Price / BookN/A0.892.794.69
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.93%-0.75%-0.02%-1.74%
1 Month Performance2.21%3.82%6.70%7.46%
1 Year Performance-2.30%0.33%537.71%3.96%

MFS Municipal Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MFM
MFS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$5.09
flat
N/A-3.2%$249.54M$46.87M0.00281Positive News
MUC
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund
N/A$10.54
-0.3%
N/A-5.1%$1.01B$6.39M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.8591 of 5 stars
$15.36
+1.5%
$16.50
+7.4%
-5.4%$996.65M$131.73M7.721,000
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.76
+1.0%
N/A-1.4%$927.84M$152.17M0.00N/APositive News
Upcoming Earnings
BBDC
Barings BDC
2.3396 of 5 stars
$8.68
+1.3%
$9.00
+3.7%
-8.6%$914.42M$123.59M8.3426News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.4831 of 5 stars
$10.23
+1.4%
$11.38
+11.2%
-11.1%$899.35M$114.06M7.30658
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$15.64
+2.9%
N/A-7.5%$818.70M$186.46M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Increase
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.79
-0.7%
N/A-1.7%$818.38M$99.89M0.00147,000
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.5363 of 5 stars
$14.00
+2.4%
$14.75
+5.4%
-22.5%$713.40M$99.28M7.82N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$34.47
+3.2%
N/A+17.5%$680.47M$142.41M0.002,719
NXP
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
N/A$14.19
-0.4%
N/A-2.9%$666.65M$75.19M0.0040,400News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:MFM) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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