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Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU) Competitors

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$9.87 +0.05 (+0.51%)
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MMU vs. TY, GAM, VMO, IIM, VGM, AGS, VCV, VKQ, IQI, and NQP

Should you be buying Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund include Tri Continental (TY), General American Investors (GAM), Inv Vk Mun Opp (VMO), Invvlu Mu Incm (IIM), Inv Vk Tr Inv (VGM), PlayAGS (AGS), Inv Vk Ca Valu (VCV), Inv Vk Mun Tr (VKQ), Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI), and Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund vs. Its Competitors

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (NYSE:MMU) and Tri Continental (NYSE:TY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western Asset Managed Municipals FundN/A N/A N/A
Tri Continental N/A N/A N/A

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Tri Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%.

In the previous week, Tri Continental had 1 more articles in the media than Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Tri Continental and 0 mentions for Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund. Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Tri Continental'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Neutral
Tri Continental Neutral

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tri Continental has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Managed Municipals FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Tri ContinentalN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

10.2% of Tri Continental shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Tri Continental shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Tri Continental beats Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund on 5 of the 5 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 MMU 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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MMU vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Asset Managed Municipals FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$536.36M$3.79B$12.29B$21.12B
Dividend Yield3.88%6.61%5.55%3.60%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.0328.44
Price / SalesN/A18.8126.0160.38
Price / CashN/A18.5721.6322.92
Price / BookN/A1.122.204.69
Net IncomeN/A$165.11M$997.25M$995.51M
7 Day Performance0.20%0.50%0.89%1.64%
1 Month Performance0.20%1.24%4.37%5.92%
1 Year Performance-5.37%1.43%540.78%11.50%

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$9.87
+0.5%
N/A-4.9%$536.36MN/A0.00147,000Upcoming Earnings
TY
Tri Continental
N/A$31.89
-0.1%
N/A+5.5%$1.66BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$56.83
+0.1%
N/A+13.2%$1.33BN/A0.003,313
VMO
Inv Vk Mun Opp
N/A$9.16
+0.1%
N/A-9.3%$617.41MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
IIM
Invvlu Mu Incm
N/A$11.59
0.0%
N/A-7.8%$545.38M$22.00M0.00147,000
VGM
Inv Vk Tr Inv
N/A$9.67
+0.3%
N/A-7.2%$524.13MN/A0.00147,000
AGS
PlayAGS
3.3384 of 5 stars
$12.50
+0.2%
$12.50
+9.6%$515.75M$394.86M10.68770High Trading Volume
VCV
Inv Vk Ca Valu
N/A$10.69
+1.6%
N/A-4.5%$512.05M$18.10M0.00N/ANews Coverage
VKQ
Inv Vk Mun Tr
N/A$9.16
+0.1%
N/A-8.9%$506.82M$20.67M0.00147,000News Coverage
High Trading Volume
IQI
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.39
+0.4%
N/A-7.1%$496.54MN/A0.00147,000
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.06
+0.1%
N/A-12.7%$411.71M$32.93M0.00147,000News Coverage
Negative News
Insider Trade

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