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Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund (MHF) Competitors

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$7.39 +0.02 (+0.27%)
Closing price 09/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$7.37 -0.02 (-0.27%)
As of 09/12/2025 04:04 PM Eastern
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MHF vs. IIM, MMU, VGM, VKQ, IQI, VCV, NQP, PPT, RCS, and RFI

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), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), and Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Invvlu Mu Incm has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% 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 Fund$3.01M53.11N/AN/AN/A

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

20.7% of Invvlu Mu Incm shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Invvlu Mu Incm shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Invvlu Mu Incm had 3 more articles in the media than Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Invvlu Mu Incm and 1 mentions for Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund. Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Invvlu Mu Incm's score of 0.98 indicating that Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Invvlu Mu Incm
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Invvlu Mu Incm pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%.

Summary

Invvlu Mu Incm beats Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$159.61M$3.91B$12.82B$21.68B
Dividend Yield2.76%6.13%5.40%3.48%
P/E RatioN/AN/A245.5929.69
Price / Sales53.1131.4330.8470.28
Price / CashN/A18.3422.3625.00
Price / BookN/A1.232.314.58
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance0.68%1.40%1.03%0.65%
1 Month Performance7.26%2.65%2.37%3.07%
1 Year Performance1.09%3.30%539.26%14.34%

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$7.39
+0.3%
N/A+1.1%$159.61M$3.01M0.00N/APositive News
IIM
Invvlu Mu Incm
N/A$11.74
-0.4%
N/A-4.1%$552.60MN/A0.00147,000Short Interest ↑
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$9.88
-0.1%
N/A-5.7%$539.65MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
VGM
Inv Vk Tr Inv
N/A$9.54
-0.1%
N/A-5.9%$517.08MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
VKQ
Inv Vk Mun Tr
N/A$9.12
-0.3%
N/A-8.6%$504.42MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓
IQI
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.43
+0.1%
N/A-4.7%$498.71MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
VCV
Inv Vk Ca Valu
N/A$10.18
-0.3%
N/A-6.7%$487.28MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$10.93
-0.3%
N/A-10.1%$407.96MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.69
-0.1%
N/A+0.4%$354.76MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$7.20
-0.5%
N/A-3.4%$335.65MN/A0.00N/A
RFI
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund
N/A$11.95
-1.2%
N/A-8.9%$318.95MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↓

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