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Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU) Competitors

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$10.37 -0.02 (-0.23%)
Closing price 09/19/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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$10.36 0.00 (-0.01%)
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MMU vs. TY, GAM, MYI, VMO, IIM, VGM, VKQ, IQI, VCV, and PPT

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), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Inv Vk Mun Opp (VMO), Invvlu Mu Incm (IIM), Inv Vk Tr Inv (VGM), INV VK MUN TR (VKQ), Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI), INV VK CA VALU (VCV), and Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT). 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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

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. Tri Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Tri Continental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Tri Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Managed Municipals FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Tri Continental$227.37M7.74N/AN/AN/A

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 has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tri Continental has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

10.2% of Tri Continental shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Tri Continental shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Tri Continental beats Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund on 7 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$566.40M$4.02B$12.69B$21.65B
Dividend Yield3.15%5.99%5.42%3.51%
P/E RatioN/AN/A243.8729.94
Price / SalesN/A23.9730.9260.02
Price / CashN/A18.7022.3124.98
Price / BookN/A1.312.334.59
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance0.30%0.35%0.39%0.81%
1 Month Performance5.24%3.94%3.94%5.30%
1 Year Performance-4.37%3.24%541.50%14.58%

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$10.37
-0.2%
N/A-4.4%$566.40MN/A0.00147,000
TY
Tri Continental
N/A$33.68
+0.1%
N/A+3.5%$1.75BN/A0.00N/APositive News
Ex-Dividend
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$61.48
+0.3%
N/A+15.4%$1.45BN/A0.003,313News Coverage
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$11.00
-0.6%
N/A-8.6%$731.84MN/A0.00147,000
VMO
Inv Vk Mun Opp
N/A$9.50
-0.2%
N/A-7.5%$640.35M$24.46M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
IIM
Invvlu Mu Incm
N/A$12.42
-0.1%
N/A-2.6%$584.61MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↑
VGM
Inv Vk Tr Inv
N/A$9.99
+0.0%
N/A-4.2%$542.03MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
Ex-Dividend
VKQ
INV VK MUN TR
N/A$9.53
-0.3%
N/A-6.9%$527.67MN/A0.00147,000Ex-Dividend
IQI
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.91
-0.4%
N/A-4.5%$523.82M$20.51M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
Ex-Dividend
VCV
INV VK CA VALU
N/A$10.55
+0.0%
N/A-4.2%$505.48MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Ex-Dividend
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.75
+0.3%
N/A-0.1%$360.53MN/A0.00N/APositive News

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