MHF vs. VFL, AWF, ASA, DMF, DSM, LEO, EVN, FT, VPV, and JOF
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 abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BNY Mellon Municipal Income (DMF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV), and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund (NYSE:MHF) and abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund received 73 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%.
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled abrdn National Municipal Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund beats Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund on 2 of the 3 factors compared between the two stocks.
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