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Mfs Muni Inc Tr (MFM) Competitors

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$5.15 -0.01 (-0.19%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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MFM vs. BCSF, AWF, HQH, PHK, ASA, CGBD, BTO, PDT, DSU, and CION

Should you be buying Mfs Muni Inc Tr stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mfs Muni Inc Tr include Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), and CION Investment (CION). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Mfs Muni Inc Tr vs. Its Competitors

Mfs Muni Inc Tr (NYSE:MFM) and Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Mfs Muni Inc Tr.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mfs Muni Inc Tr$8.05M31.37N/AN/AN/A
Bain Capital Specialty Finance$292.65M3.46$119.42M$1.669.40

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a net margin of 37.90% compared to Mfs Muni Inc Tr's net margin of 0.00%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's return on equity of 11.41% beat Mfs Muni Inc Tr's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mfs Muni Inc TrN/A N/A N/A
Bain Capital Specialty Finance 37.90%11.41%4.92%

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.76%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance is more favorable than Mfs Muni Inc Tr.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mfs Muni Inc Tr
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Mfs Muni Inc Tr has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Bain Capital Specialty Finance had 1 more articles in the media than Mfs Muni Inc Tr. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance and 1 mentions for Mfs Muni Inc Tr. Mfs Muni Inc Tr's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's score of 1.54 indicating that Mfs Muni Inc Tr is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mfs Muni Inc Tr
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Mfs Muni Inc Tr pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays out 101.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bain Capital Specialty Finance has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Bain Capital Specialty Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats Mfs Muni Inc Tr on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MFM vs. The Competition

MetricMfs Muni Inc TrFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$252.48M$3.95B$12.44B$21.27B
Dividend Yield2.51%6.24%5.45%3.53%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.4629.22
Price / Sales31.3723.6026.3652.82
Price / CashN/A18.0222.1023.61
Price / BookN/A1.122.355.36
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$996.59M
7 Day Performance1.48%0.82%1.87%3.11%
1 Month Performance1.58%1.86%1.69%3.23%
1 Year Performance-8.20%1.15%540.83%11.54%

Mfs Muni Inc Tr Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MFM
Mfs Muni Inc Tr
N/A$5.15
-0.2%
N/A-8.5%$252.48M$8.05M0.00281News Coverage
Positive News
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
2.6119 of 5 stars
$15.37
+0.9%
$16.50
+7.4%
-7.0%$996.71M$125.44M9.261,000Positive News
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$11.19
+0.0%
N/A+1.4%$964.48MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$16.69
+0.8%
N/A-14.6%$899.77M$11.71M0.00147,000Positive News
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.88
+0.1%
N/A+1.4%$836.02M$99.89M0.00147,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$33.95
-2.0%
N/A+85.5%$731.03MN/A0.001,100Positive News
Insider Trade
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.9385 of 5 stars
$13.76
+1.7%
$15.10
+9.8%
-16.4%$700.91M$79.76M11.46N/APositive News
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$35.43
+0.4%
N/A+11.7%$699.39MN/A0.002,719Positive News
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$13.30
+0.2%
N/A+4.9%$654.23MN/A0.00147,000
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.49
-0.2%
N/A-2.6%$571.13M$44.55M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CION
CION Investment
1.3161 of 5 stars
$10.62
+0.9%
$10.75
+1.3%
-11.9%$552.94M$252.43M-55.87N/APositive News

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