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MGF vs. LEO, MVF, MYN, JOF, SAR, ZTR, TWN, MIY, MHN, and MIN

Should you be buying Mfs Govt Mkts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mfs Govt Mkts include BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF), Saratoga Investment (SAR), Virtus Total Return Fund (ZTR), Taiwan Fund (TWN), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), and MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Mfs Govt Mkts vs. Its Competitors

Mfs Govt Mkts (NYSE:MGF) and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (NYSE:LEO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals had 1 more articles in the media than Mfs Govt Mkts. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals and 0 mentions for Mfs Govt Mkts. Mfs Govt Mkts' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Mfs Govt Mkts Neutral
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals Neutral

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mfs Govt MktsN/A N/A N/A
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals N/A N/A N/A

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mfs Govt MktsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals$2.18M184.20N/AN/AN/A

Mfs Govt Mkts has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Mfs Govt Mkts pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%.

54.8% of Mfs Govt Mkts shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals beats Mfs Govt Mkts on 4 of the 6 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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MGF vs. The Competition

MetricMfs Govt MktsFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$100.21M$4.11B$12.64B$22.02B
Dividend Yield7.55%6.11%5.60%3.64%
P/E RatioN/AN/A30.0430.27
Price / SalesN/A21.9929.7868.06
Price / CashN/A17.2022.4923.91
Price / BookN/A1.282.334.74
Net IncomeN/A$187.53M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.19%0.06%0.17%-0.06%
1 Month Performance-1.28%1.51%0.00%1.87%
1 Year Performance-5.38%4.24%537.05%15.74%

Mfs Govt Mkts Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGF
Mfs Govt Mkts
N/A$3.08
+0.2%
N/A-5.7%$100.21MN/A0.00N/A
LEO
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals
N/A$6.27
+0.2%
N/A-2.3%$399.90MN/A0.00147,000
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.96
+0.4%
N/A-5.7%$398.80MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.07
+0.1%
N/A-3.7%$385.81M-$33.93M0.00N/APositive News
JOF
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
N/A$10.63
-1.4%
N/A+27.3%$374.47M$8.75M0.00N/APositive News
SAR
Saratoga Investment
2.256 of 5 stars
$23.42
-3.1%
$24.25
+3.6%
-8.2%$373.52M$49.06M9.483,211
ZTR
Virtus Total Return Fund
N/A$6.62
+0.7%
N/A+8.4%$367.45M$73.41M0.00N/A
TWN
Taiwan Fund
N/A$55.87
+0.9%
N/A+21.5%$357.20M$28.45M0.00N/APositive News
MIY
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund
N/A$11.32
+0.6%
N/A-3.5%$327.80MN/A0.00N/A
MHN
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.42
+0.4%
N/A-4.4%$314.97M-$25.87M0.00N/A
MIN
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
N/A$2.67
+0.2%
N/A-2.7%$303.27M$24.59M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:MGF) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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