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Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund (MHF) Competitors

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$6.80 +0.08 (+1.12%)
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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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company 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 1 more articles in the media than Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Invvlu Mu Incm and 0 mentions for Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund. Invvlu Mu Incm's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Invvlu Mu Incm is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Invvlu Mu IncmN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund$3.01M48.83N/AN/AN/A

Invvlu Mu Incm has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Invvlu Mu Incm pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%.

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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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$147.16M$3.91B$12.63B$21.17B
Dividend Yield3.49%6.40%5.52%3.59%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.3829.17
Price / Sales48.8346.8226.9454.97
Price / CashN/A17.9121.7823.84
Price / BookN/A1.112.355.45
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$992.10M
7 Day Performance-1.38%0.14%1.69%2.60%
1 Month Performance1.12%1.91%1.51%2.50%
1 Year Performance-4.23%1.63%542.85%13.03%

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$6.80
+1.1%
N/A-4.9%$147.16M$3.01M0.00N/A
IIM
Invvlu Mu Incm
N/A$11.57
+0.3%
N/A-9.0%$544.60MN/A0.00147,000
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$9.92
+0.1%
N/A-8.6%$541.56MN/A0.00147,000Negative News
VGM
Inv Vk Tr Inv
N/A$9.65
-0.2%
N/A-8.2%$523.32MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
VKQ
Inv Vk Mun Tr
N/A$9.21
-0.3%
N/A-10.1%$509.41MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
IQI
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.42
-0.3%
N/A-8.8%$497.87MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
VCV
INV VK CA VALU
N/A$10.21
-0.4%
N/A-5.0%$488.96MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.00
-0.1%
N/A-12.7%$409.45MN/A0.00147,000Short Interest ↑
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.68
-0.1%
N/A-0.4%$353.79MN/A0.00N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$7.17
-0.3%
N/A+5.0%$334.48MN/A0.00N/APositive News
RFI
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund
N/A$11.92
+0.4%
N/A-4.3%$318.15MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News

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