Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MMU or TY?

Tri-Continental received 133 more outperform votes than Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.02% of users gave Tri-Continental an outperform vote while only 68.18% of users gave Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	Outperform Votes 90 68.18%	Underperform Votes 42 31.82%
Tri-Continental	Outperform Votes 223 71.02%	Underperform Votes 91 28.98%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, MMU or TY?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	$60.65M	8.93	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tri-Continental	$321.66M	5.15	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, MMU or TY?

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor MMU or TY?

In the previous week, Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund and Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund both had 1 articles in the media. Tri-Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund's score of 1.00 indicating that Tri-Continental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	Positive
Tri-Continental	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MMU or TY?

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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MMU or TY a better dividend stock?

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%.

Is MMU or TY more profitable?

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

Summary

Tri-Continental beats Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.