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Mfs Govt Mkts (MGF) Competitors

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$3.09 -0.02 (-0.64%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$3.10 +0.01 (+0.16%)
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MGF vs. EVN, MVF, SAR, HQL, LEO, MYN, KTF, ZTR, JOF, and ASG

Should you be buying Mfs Govt Mkts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mfs Govt Mkts include Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Saratoga Investment (SAR), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Virtus Total Return Fund (ZTR), Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF), and Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Mfs Govt Mkts vs. Its Competitors

Mfs Govt Mkts (NYSE:MGF) and Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:EVN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

In the previous week, Mfs Govt Mkts had 2 more articles in the media than Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Mfs Govt Mkts and 0 mentions for Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust. Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Mfs Govt Mkts' score of -0.70 indicating that Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Mfs Govt Mkts Negative
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust Positive

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mfs Govt Mkts$6.74M14.95N/AN/AN/A
Eaton Vance Municipal Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Mfs Govt Mkts pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%.

Mfs Govt Mkts has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

54.8% of Mfs Govt Mkts shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mfs Govt MktsN/A N/A N/A
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Mfs Govt Mkts beats Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust on 4 of the 7 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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MGF vs. The Competition

MetricMfs Govt MktsFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$100.70M$3.76B$12.07B$20.55B
Dividend Yield7.60%6.72%5.55%3.74%
P/E RatioN/AN/A20.0728.04
Price / Sales14.9516.6325.4541.55
Price / CashN/A17.9421.4522.25
Price / BookN/A1.192.294.61
Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.64%-0.19%0.18%3.25%
1 Month Performance0.32%1.94%3.09%4.36%
1 Year Performance-1.97%2.01%540.35%14.94%

Mfs Govt Mkts Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGF
Mfs Govt Mkts
N/A$3.09
-0.6%
N/A-1.0%$100.70M$6.74M0.00N/ADividend Cut
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.27
+0.2%
N/A+1.0%$406.59MN/A0.00N/A
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.58
+0.6%
N/A-9.8%$394.45MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.6909 of 5 stars
$24.81
+0.5%
$24.25
-2.3%
+8.2%$379.20M$148.85M12.163,211Trending News
Earnings Report
HQL
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$12.80
+0.2%
N/A-8.3%$368.99MN/A0.00N/APositive News
LEO
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals
N/A$5.91
+1.5%
N/A-2.9%$362.53MN/A0.00147,000
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.51
+0.6%
N/A-9.4%$362.06MN/A0.00N/ADividend Announcement
KTF
DWS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$8.83
+0.3%
N/A-7.6%$344.72MN/A0.00N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
ZTR
Virtus Total Return Fund
N/A$6.22
+0.5%
N/A+14.1%$343.85MN/A0.00N/APositive News
JOF
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
N/A$9.66
-0.8%
N/A+27.6%$343.08MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
ASG
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund
N/A$5.47
+0.6%
N/A+2.6%$316.81MN/A0.00N/A

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