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$5.16 -0.02 (-0.39%)
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MFM vs. MUC, BBDC, AWF, HQH, PHK, ASA, CGBD, BTO, NXP, and PDT

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), Barings BDC (BBDC), 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), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), and John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

MFS Municipal Income Trust vs. Its Competitors

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

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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. MFS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%.

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

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

In the previous week, MFS Municipal Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MFS Municipal Income Trust and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. MFS Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that MFS Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
MFS Municipal Income Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund$6.39M154.49N/AN/AN/A
MFS Municipal Income Trust$46.87M5.40N/AN/AN/A

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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MFM vs. The Competition

MetricMFS Municipal Income TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$252.97M$7.07B$11.57B$19.63B
Dividend Yield3.79%6.77%5.65%3.82%
P/E RatioN/A3.5822.7735.03
Price / Sales5.4024.4926.7542.85
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.51
Price / BookN/A0.912.834.78
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.08%0.00%-0.37%-0.35%
1 Month Performance-0.77%0.87%0.09%1.04%
1 Year Performance-3.19%2.02%539.64%9.19%

MFS Municipal Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MFM
MFS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$5.16
-0.4%
N/A-1.5%$252.97M$46.87M0.00281Short Interest ↑
MUC
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund
N/A$10.28
-0.2%
N/A-5.4%$987.32M$6.39M0.00147,000
BBDC
Barings BDC
2.4622 of 5 stars
$9.10
+2.3%
$9.67
+6.3%
-7.0%$958.70M$111.33M8.7526Positive News
Short Interest ↑
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.79
0.0%
N/A+1.8%$929.99M$70.19M0.00N/A
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$15.72
+0.2%
N/A-7.1%$846.71M$186.46M0.00147,000
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.80
+0.0%
N/A-1.2%$823.51M$99.89M0.00147,000
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$33.93
+0.4%
N/A+93.6%$730.40M$118.94M0.001,100
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.162 of 5 stars
$14.14
+0.9%
$14.75
+4.3%
-20.7%$720.53M$83.75M7.90N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$34.86
+1.0%
N/A+22.3%$688.11M$142.41M0.002,719News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
NXP
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
N/A$13.99
-0.6%
N/A-3.4%$654.94M$9.88M0.0040,400News Coverage
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$13.14
+0.2%
N/A+14.1%$646.29M$198.30M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:MFM) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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