Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund (MHF) Competitors

Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:IIM) and Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund (NYSE:MHF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, IIM or MHF?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust	$55.51M	10.03	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund	$18.42M	8.59	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IIM or MHF?

Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust received 35 more outperform votes than Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.59% of users gave Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust	Outperform Votes 108 62.79%	Underperform Votes 64 37.21%
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund	Outperform Votes 73 67.59%	Underperform Votes 35 32.41%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in IIM or MHF?

20.7% of Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is IIM or MHF a better dividend stock?

Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%.

Is IIM or MHF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, IIM or MHF?

Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer IIM or MHF?

In the previous week, Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund and 2 mentions for Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust. Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund's score of 1.57 indicating that Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust beats Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.