MFS Municipal Income Trust (MFM) Competitors $5.18 +0.01 (+0.10%) As of 02:53 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock MFM vs. BCSF, MUC, BBDC, AWF, PFLT, HQH, PHK, CGBD, NXP, and ASAShould you be buying MFS Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Municipal Income Trust include Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), and ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. MFS Municipal Income Trust vs. Bain Capital Specialty Finance BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Barings BDC AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Abrdn Healthcare Investors PIMCO High Income Fund Carlyle Secured Lending Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio ASA Gold and Precious Metals MFS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:MFM) and Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk. Is MFM or BCSF more profitable? Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a net margin of 43.62% compared to MFS Municipal Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's return on equity of 11.90% beat MFS Municipal Income Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets MFS Municipal Income TrustN/A N/A N/A Bain Capital Specialty Finance 43.62%11.90%5.43% Do analysts prefer MFM or BCSF? Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.31%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance is more favorable than MFS Municipal Income Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score MFS Municipal Income Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Bain Capital Specialty Finance 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 Does the MarketBeat Community favor MFM or BCSF? MFS Municipal Income Trust received 110 more outperform votes than Bain Capital Specialty Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.57% of users gave MFS Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote while only 44.29% of users gave Bain Capital Specialty Finance an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformMFS Municipal Income TrustOutperform Votes17272.57% Underperform Votes6527.43% Bain Capital Specialty FinanceOutperform Votes6244.29% Underperform Votes7855.71% Which has more risk & volatility, MFM or BCSF? MFS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has better valuation & earnings, MFM or BCSF? Bain Capital Specialty Finance has higher revenue and earnings than MFS Municipal Income Trust. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMFS Municipal Income Trust$46.87M5.42N/AN/AN/ABain Capital Specialty Finance$138.19M7.09$123.38M$1.858.16 Does the media favor MFM or BCSF? In the previous week, Bain Capital Specialty Finance had 6 more articles in the media than MFS Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance and 1 mentions for MFS Municipal Income Trust. MFS Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's score of 0.34 indicating that MFS Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment MFS Municipal Income Trust Positive Bain Capital Specialty Finance Neutral Is MFM or BCSF a better dividend stock? MFS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays out 90.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SummaryBain Capital Specialty Finance beats MFS Municipal Income Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get MFS Municipal Income Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MFM 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 MFM vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMFS Municipal Income TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$254.20M$6.72B$11.12B$18.94BDividend Yield4.20%6.92%5.77%4.02%P/E RatioN/A3.5222.1232.91Price / Sales5.4221.5526.1027.90Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.52Price / BookN/A0.862.664.47Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance2.17%1.16%0.78%0.66%1 Month Performance-3.25%-2.02%-0.19%-2.68%1 Year Performance1.67%2.10%538.52%4.52% MFS Municipal Income Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MFMMFS Municipal Income TrustN/A$5.19+0.1%N/A+1.5%$254.20M$46.87M0.00281News CoveragePositive NewsBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.5254 of 5 stars$15.52-0.1%$16.50+6.3%-8.3%$1.01B$138.19M7.801,000Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↑News CoverageMUCBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/A$10.40-0.5%N/A-1.0%$998.37M$6.39M0.00147,000BBDCBarings BDC1.3735 of 5 stars$8.87+0.1%$9.25+4.3%-6.1%$934.98M$123.59M8.5326Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.51-0.2%N/A+2.3%$906.28M$152.17M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑PFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital2.5489 of 5 stars$10.24+0.8%$11.38+11.1%-11.2%$900.23M$114.06M7.31658Positive NewsHQHAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$16.06+0.4%N/A+0.7%$865.02M$186.46M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑PHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.70-0.2%N/A-1.3%$803.84M$99.89M0.00147,000Short Interest ↓Positive NewsCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending1.3271 of 5 stars$15.05+1.8%$15.00-0.3%-14.0%$766.90M$99.28M8.41N/AUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageNXPNuveen Select Tax-Free Income PortfolioN/A$13.93-0.1%N/A-0.3%$652.13M$75.19M0.0040,400Short Interest ↓Positive NewsASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$30.21+3.1%N/A+73.5%$650.24M$118.94M0.001,100 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Competitors Barings BDC Competitors AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Competitors PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors Abrdn Healthcare Investors Competitors PIMCO High Income Fund Competitors Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio Competitors ASA Gold and Precious Metals Competitors 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:MFM) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow to invest in Elon Musk’s Optimus before its launchElon Musk is set to completely take over the AI industry with Optimus… A breakthrough AI-powered robot that El...InvestorPlace | SponsoredElon Musk’s next move from the Oval Office?No one is closer to President Trump than Tesla CEO Elon Musk. 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