MFS Special Value Trust (MFV) Competitors

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (NYSE:CIF) and MFS Special Value Trust (NYSE:MFV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Is CIF or MFV more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
MFS Special Value Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CIF or MFV?

MFS Special Value Trust received 130 more outperform votes than MFS Intermediate High Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave MFS Intermediate High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 66.50% of users gave MFS Special Value Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
MFS Special Value Trust	Outperform Votes 131 66.50%	Underperform Votes 66 33.50%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CIF or MFV?

6.9% of MFS Intermediate High Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of MFS Special Value Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of MFS Special Value Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, CIF or MFV?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MFS Special Value Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to CIF or MFV?

In the previous week, MFS Special Value Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled MFS Intermediate High Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund	Neutral
MFS Special Value Trust	Neutral

Do analysts rate CIF or MFV?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
MFS Special Value Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is CIF or MFV a better dividend stock?

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. MFS Special Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. MFS Intermediate High Income Fund has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and MFS Special Value Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more risk and volatility, CIF or MFV?

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Special Value Trust has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund and MFS Special Value Trust tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.