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Mfs Muni Inc Tr (MFM) Competitors

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$5.35 +0.02 (+0.38%)
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MFM vs. PFLT, BCSF, BBDC, AWF, HQH, ASA, PHK, BTO, CGBD, and PDT

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

Mfs Muni Inc Tr vs. Its Competitors

Mfs Muni Inc Tr (NYSE:MFM) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Mfs Muni Inc Tr has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Mfs Muni Inc Tr. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital and 2 mentions for Mfs Muni Inc Tr. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Mfs Muni Inc Tr's score of 0.48 indicating that PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news 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)
Neutral
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Mfs Muni Inc Tr shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Mfs Muni Inc Tr pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.5%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 146.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a consensus price target of $10.88, indicating a potential upside of 10.80%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 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
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a net margin of 45.36% compared to Mfs Muni Inc Tr's net margin of 0.00%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity of 10.76% 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
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 45.36%10.76%4.65%

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Mfs Muni Inc Tr.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mfs Muni Inc Tr$8.05M32.59N/AN/AN/A
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital$89.89M10.83$91.84M$0.8411.68

Summary

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats Mfs Muni Inc Tr on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$263.27M$3.96B$12.63B$21.52B
Dividend Yield2.41%6.10%5.42%3.50%
P/E RatioN/AN/A246.6229.81
Price / Sales32.5924.0830.9652.28
Price / CashN/A18.6622.2324.68
Price / BookN/A1.332.324.54
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$999.97M
7 Day Performance-0.28%0.06%-0.38%-0.18%
1 Month Performance4.70%3.38%3.08%4.37%
1 Year Performance-7.44%3.58%541.37%14.40%

Mfs Muni Inc Tr Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MFM
Mfs Muni Inc Tr
N/A$5.35
+0.4%
N/A-6.4%$263.27M$8.05M0.00281
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.8373 of 5 stars
$10.21
-0.8%
$10.88
+6.6%
-15.3%$1.01B$89.89M7.29658Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↓
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
3.1268 of 5 stars
$15.59
-0.5%
$16.50
+5.9%
-13.2%$1.01B$292.65M9.391,000News Coverage
BBDC
Barings Bdc
2.7839 of 5 stars
$9.40
-0.4%
$9.67
+2.8%
-7.9%$988.93M$286.17M9.8026Positive News
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$11.26
-0.3%
N/A+1.6%$970.52M$70.19M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$16.81
0.0%
N/A-13.2%$905.66MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$39.98
-1.2%
N/A+104.1%$860.64M$269.17M0.001,100Positive News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$5.01
-0.3%
N/A+0.1%$858.32M$103.66M0.00147,000Positive News
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$37.54
-0.6%
N/A+11.0%$741.12M$158.32M0.002,719News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
3.5589 of 5 stars
$13.69
-1.1%
$15.10
+10.3%
-23.1%$698.41M$232.59M11.42N/APositive News
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$13.41
-0.2%
N/A-1.0%$659.28M$108.25M0.00147,000

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This page (NYSE:MFM) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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