MXF vs. VFL, AWF, ASA, DMF, DSM, LEO, EVN, FT, VPV, and JOF
Should you be buying The Mexico Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Mexico Fund include abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BNY Mellon Municipal Income (DMF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV), and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
The Mexico Fund (NYSE:MXF) and abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
The Mexico Fund received 98 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
The Mexico Fund has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The Mexico Fund had 12 more articles in the media than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for The Mexico Fund and 0 mentions for abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. The Mexico Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat abrdn National Municipal Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that The Mexico Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Mexico Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%.
Summary
The Mexico Fund beats abrdn National Municipal Income Fund on 5 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.
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