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Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO) Competitors

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PMO vs. GAM, MQY, MYI, VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, VKQ, IQI, and VCV

Should you be buying Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust include General American Investors (GAM), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust (IIM), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI), and Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust vs.

General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) and Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (NYSE:PMO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust received 27 more outperform votes than General American Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.40% of users gave Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave General American Investors an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
General American InvestorsOutperform Votes
95
59.01%
Underperform Votes
66
40.99%
Putnam Municipal Opportunities TrustOutperform Votes
122
67.40%
Underperform Votes
59
32.60%

General American Investors has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
General American InvestorsN/A N/A N/A
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust N/A N/A N/A

36.8% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of General American Investors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, General American Investors and General American Investors both had 1 articles in the media. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that General American Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
General American Investors Neutral
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust Negative

General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
General American Investors$251.67M4.83N/AN/AN/A
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust$69.50M4.57N/AN/AN/A

Summary

General American Investors beats Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PMO vs. The Competition

MetricPutnam Municipal Opportunities TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$317.63M$6.78B$11.26B$19.21B
Dividend Yield4.25%6.92%5.76%4.00%
P/E RatioN/A3.5322.3933.44
Price / Sales4.5721.6726.4029.13
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.52
Price / BookN/A0.872.714.55
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.37%1.42%1.70%2.15%
1 Month Performance-1.92%-1.57%0.33%-2.08%
1 Year Performance2.04%2.21%538.68%5.45%

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PMO
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
N/A$9.99
-0.1%
N/A+2.6%$317.63M$69.50M0.00801Short Interest ↑
Negative News
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$50.14
+0.1%
N/A+12.7%$1.18B$251.67M0.003,313Short Interest ↑
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$11.01
-0.4%
N/A-5.3%$804.58M$16.07M0.00N/APositive News
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$10.47
-0.5%
N/A-3.1%$712.62M$11.53M0.00147,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
VMO
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust
N/A$9.27
-0.5%
N/A+0.6%$625.18M$65.85M0.00N/ANews Coverage
IIM
Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust
N/A$11.70
-0.1%
N/A+4.3%$550.88M$55.51M0.00147,000Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$9.94
-0.5%
N/A+0.3%$542.91M$60.65M0.00147,000
VGM
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals
N/A$9.58
-0.3%
N/A+1.1%$519.49M$54.04M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
VKQ
Invesco Municipal Trust
N/A$9.34
flat
N/A+0.6%$516.84M$53.97M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
IQI
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.37
-0.5%
N/A+1.2%$495.52M$52.90M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
VCV
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.97
-0.8%
N/A+9.0%$477.67M$51.29M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:PMO) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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