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MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT) Competitors

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$4.72 -0.04 (-0.84%)
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MMT vs. BBDC, PFLT, BCSF, AWF, HQH, PHK, ASA, BTO, CGBD, and PDT

Should you be buying MFS Multimarket Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Multimarket Income Trust include Barings Bdc (BBDC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), and John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

MFS Multimarket Income Trust vs. Its Competitors

MFS Multimarket Income Trust (NYSE:MMT) and BARINGS BDC (NYSE:BBDC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.

19.0% of MFS Multimarket Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of BARINGS BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of BARINGS BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

MFS Multimarket Income Trust has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BARINGS BDC has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

BARINGS BDC has higher revenue and earnings than MFS Multimarket Income Trust.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MFS Multimarket Income Trust$21.54M12.12N/AN/AN/A
BARINGS BDC$286.17M3.62$110.29M$0.9610.26

MFS Multimarket Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. BARINGS BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. BARINGS BDC pays out 108.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BARINGS BDC has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. BARINGS BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

BARINGS BDC has a net margin of 35.67% compared to MFS Multimarket Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. BARINGS BDC's return on equity of 9.76% beat MFS Multimarket Income Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MFS Multimarket Income TrustN/A N/A N/A
BARINGS BDC 35.67%9.76%4.26%

In the previous week, MFS Multimarket Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than BARINGS BDC. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MFS Multimarket Income Trust and 1 mentions for BARINGS BDC. MFS Multimarket Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat BARINGS BDC's score of 1.67 indicating that MFS Multimarket Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MFS Multimarket 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
BARINGS BDC
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

BARINGS BDC has a consensus price target of $9.67, suggesting a potential downside of 1.90%. Given BARINGS BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BARINGS BDC is more favorable than MFS Multimarket Income Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MFS Multimarket Income Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
BARINGS BDC
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

BARINGS BDC beats MFS Multimarket Income Trust on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MMT vs. The Competition

MetricMFS Multimarket Income TrustFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$263.24M$3.94B$12.61B$21.39B
Dividend Yield8.48%6.19%5.42%3.49%
P/E RatioN/AN/A221.3326.57
Price / Sales12.1225.9231.4950.03
Price / CashN/A18.0019.0618.29
Price / BookN/A1.132.345.30
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$997.87M
7 Day Performance-0.13%0.20%-0.16%-0.01%
1 Month Performance1.18%2.30%4.09%6.50%
1 Year Performance-2.48%1.02%540.35%11.34%

MFS Multimarket Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MMT
MFS Multimarket Income Trust
N/A$4.72
-0.8%
N/A-1.9%$263.24M$21.54M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
BBDC
Barings Bdc
2.5004 of 5 stars
$9.88
-0.3%
$9.67
-2.1%
-1.4%$1.04B$286.17M10.2826News Coverage
Positive News
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.3004 of 5 stars
$10.23
-0.4%
$10.88
+6.4%
-9.3%$1.02B$89.89M7.31658News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
2.077 of 5 stars
$15.66
-1.0%
$16.50
+5.4%
-7.6%$1.02B$292.65M9.431,000Positive News
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$11.25
-0.3%
N/A+0.9%$970.52MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Short Interest ↑
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$16.59
+0.3%
N/A-12.8%$893.27MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.95
-0.3%
N/A+2.2%$848.02MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$38.74
+2.9%
N/A+93.0%$834.76MN/A0.001,100Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$37.40
-0.8%
N/A+12.7%$738.28MN/A0.002,719Positive News
Short Interest ↓
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
2.6054 of 5 stars
$13.93
-0.5%
$15.10
+8.4%
-17.6%$708.50M$232.59M11.59N/APositive News
Short Interest ↓
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$13.36
-0.3%
N/A+2.1%$657.18MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage

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