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Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund (MHF) Competitors

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$7.16 +0.07 (+0.99%)
As of 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern

MHF vs. IIM, MMU, VGM, VKQ, IQI, VCV, NQP, DOGZ, PPT, and RCS

Should you be buying Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund include Invvlu Mu Incm (IIM), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), Inv Vk Tr Inv (VGM), Inv Vk Mun Tr (VKQ), Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI), Inv Vk Ca Valu (VCV), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), and PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund vs. Its Competitors

Invvlu Mu Incm (NYSE:IIM) and Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund (NYSE:MHF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Invvlu Mu Incm has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Invvlu Mu IncmN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Western Asset Municipal High Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

20.7% of Invvlu Mu Incm shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Invvlu Mu Incm shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Invvlu Mu IncmN/A N/A N/A
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Invvlu Mu Incm had 2 more articles in the media than Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Invvlu Mu Incm and 0 mentions for Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund. Invvlu Mu Incm's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund's score of 0.72 indicating that Invvlu Mu Incm is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Invvlu Mu Incm Positive
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund Positive

Invvlu Mu Incm pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%.

Summary

Invvlu Mu Incm beats Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund on 6 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

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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MHF vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Asset Municipal High Income FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$153.55M$3.69B$12.03B$20.55B
Dividend Yield3.84%6.79%5.57%3.75%
P/E RatioN/AN/A20.0728.05
Price / SalesN/A16.8825.6245.92
Price / CashN/A17.5321.5022.31
Price / BookN/A1.172.284.59
Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$1.00B$985.44M
7 Day Performance4.37%1.51%2.19%2.78%
1 Month Performance3.32%2.56%4.44%5.40%
1 Year Performance2.87%2.90%540.82%14.61%

Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MHF
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund
N/A$7.16
+1.0%
N/A+2.9%$153.55MN/A0.00N/A
IIM
Invvlu Mu Incm
N/A$11.64
+0.3%
N/A-6.0%$545.99MN/A0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$9.97
+0.8%
N/A-2.7%$540.18MN/A0.00147,000
VGM
Inv Vk Tr Inv
N/A$9.52
+0.4%
N/A-7.4%$514.12MN/A0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
VKQ
Inv Vk Mun Tr
N/A$9.15
+0.4%
N/A-7.6%$504.11MN/A0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
IQI
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.37
+0.3%
N/A-5.8%$493.93MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
VCV
Inv Vk Ca Valu
N/A$10.34
+1.0%
N/A-0.1%$490.40MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.20
+0.5%
N/A-9.1%$414.66MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
DOGZ
Dogness (International)
0.1552 of 5 stars
$16.40
-42.5%
N/A-44.7%$363.33M$14.85M0.00320High Trading Volume
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.68
+0.3%
N/A+3.1%$353.31MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$6.94
flat
N/A+11.6%$323.78MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement

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