MGF vs. SSSS, PCM, NMT, SWZ, PFO, KSM, ECF, NMI, CXE, and NIM
Should you be buying MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Government Markets Income Trust include SuRo Capital (SSSS), PCM Fund (PCM), Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT), The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO), DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (KSM), Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE), and Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
SuRo Capital (NASDAQ:SSSS) and MFS Government Markets Income Trust (NYSE:MGF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
In the previous week, SuRo Capital had 3 more articles in the media than MFS Government Markets Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SuRo Capital and 0 mentions for MFS Government Markets Income Trust. MFS Government Markets Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat SuRo Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that SuRo Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SuRo Capital received 43 more outperform votes than MFS Government Markets Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
SuRo Capital has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Government Markets Income Trust has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SuRo Capital has higher revenue and earnings than MFS Government Markets Income Trust.
SuRo Capital has a net margin of 76.81% compared to SuRo Capital's net margin of 0.00%. SuRo Capital's return on equity of 0.00% beat MFS Government Markets Income Trust's return on equity.
SuRo Capital currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 56.66%. Given MFS Government Markets Income Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SuRo Capital is more favorable than MFS Government Markets Income Trust.
13.0% of SuRo Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of MFS Government Markets Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of SuRo Capital shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
SuRo Capital beats MFS Government Markets Income Trust on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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