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Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund (MHF) Competitors

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$6.83 +0.05 (+0.74%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$6.84 +0.00 (+0.07%)
As of 08/1/2025 04:04 PM Eastern
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MHF vs. MMU, IIM, AGS, VGM, VKQ, IQI, VCV, NQP, 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 Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), Invvlu Mu Incm (IIM), PlayAGS (AGS), 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), 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

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

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western Asset Managed Municipals FundN/A N/A N/A
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund and 0 mentions for Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund. Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Managed Municipals FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Western Asset Municipal High Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund beats Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund on 4 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MHF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$146.84M$3.76B$12.04B$20.68B
Dividend Yield3.51%6.66%5.62%3.67%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.7429.07
Price / SalesN/A23.2325.9266.27
Price / CashN/A18.0121.3322.84
Price / BookN/A1.082.094.43
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.00B$994.22M
7 Day Performance1.79%-0.25%-2.46%-3.35%
1 Month Performance-4.07%-0.89%-0.96%-2.06%
1 Year Performance-2.84%0.83%537.06%10.15%

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$6.83
+0.7%
N/A-2.7%$146.84MN/A0.00N/A
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$9.91
+0.1%
N/A-7.2%$541.28MN/A0.00147,000
IIM
Invvlu Mu Incm
N/A$11.30
+0.2%
N/A-9.2%$532.13MN/A0.00147,000
AGS
PlayAGS
2.1483 of 5 stars
$12.50
+0.2%
$12.50
+9.1%$515.75M$394.86M10.68770Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
VGM
Inv Vk Tr Inv
N/A$9.42
-0.2%
N/A-8.4%$510.85MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
VKQ
Inv Vk Mun Tr
N/A$8.96
+0.1%
N/A-9.6%$495.85MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
IQI
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.21
-0.2%
N/A-8.6%$486.76MN/A0.00147,000
VCV
Inv Vk Ca Valu
N/A$10.01
-0.2%
N/A-4.7%$479.14MN/A0.00N/A
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$10.81
+0.0%
N/A-12.7%$402.16MN/A0.00147,000
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.65
-0.1%
N/A+0.3%$350.90MN/A0.00N/APositive News
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$7.05
-0.6%
N/A+5.4%$328.88MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News

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