MFM vs. VFL, AWF, ASA, DMF, DSM, LEO, EVN, FT, JOF, and JHS
Should you be buying MFS Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Municipal Income Trust 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), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), 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.
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) and MFS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:MFM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. MFS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
MFS Municipal Income Trust received 172 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, MFS Municipal Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for MFS Municipal Income Trust and 0 mentions for abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat MFS Municipal Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that MFS Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund and MFS Municipal Income Trust tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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