Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU) Competitors

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (NYSE:MMU) and abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, MMU or VFL?

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MMU or VFL?

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund received 90 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	Outperform Votes 90 68.18%	Underperform Votes 42 31.82%
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor MMU or VFL?

In the previous week, Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled abrdn National Municipal Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	Neutral
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund	Neutral

Is MMU or VFL more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer MMU or VFL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better valuation & earnings, MMU or VFL?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is MMU or VFL 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%. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%.

Summary

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund beats abrdn National Municipal Income Fund on 2 of the 3 factors compared between the two stocks.