MMT vs. ZTR, RCS, PMM, BKT, RFI, NCA, FUND, WHF, MQT, and MVT
Should you be buying MFS Multimarket Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Multimarket Income Trust include Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund (ZTR), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), and BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund (NYSE:ZTR) and MFS Multimarket Income Trust (NYSE:MMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
MFS Multimarket Income Trust received 25 more outperform votes than Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.58% of users gave Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave MFS Multimarket Income Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund and Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund both had 1 articles in the media. Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat MFS Multimarket Income Trust's score of 0.95 indicating that MFS Multimarket Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
47.1% of Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of MFS Multimarket Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Multimarket Income Trust has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. MFS Multimarket Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%.
Summary
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund beats MFS Multimarket Income Trust on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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