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Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO) Competitors

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$9.84 +0.03 (+0.31%)
As of 06/12/2025 03:57 PM Eastern

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

Should you be buying Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust include 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 California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI), and BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust vs. Its Competitors

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (NYSE:PMO) and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Putnam Municipal Opportunities TrustN/A N/A N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust had 4 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust$69.50M4.50N/AN/AN/A
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund$16.07M50.11N/AN/AN/A

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust received 12 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.40% of users gave Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Putnam Municipal Opportunities TrustOutperform Votes
122
67.40%
Underperform Votes
59
32.60%
BlackRock MuniYield Quality FundOutperform Votes
110
63.22%
Underperform Votes
64
36.78%

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%.

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

20.4% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PMO vs. The Competition

MetricPutnam Municipal Opportunities TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$313.02M$7.14B$11.72B$19.87B
Dividend Yield4.35%6.78%5.66%3.83%
P/E RatioN/A3.5923.0535.60
Price / Sales4.5024.7226.8643.81
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.51
Price / BookN/A0.922.894.85
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.03%0.77%0.68%0.90%
1 Month Performance-1.89%1.63%1.15%2.35%
1 Year Performance-3.34%2.88%540.95%10.79%

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PMO
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
N/A$9.84
+0.3%
N/A-3.1%$313.02M$69.50M0.00801Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$10.99
-0.3%
N/A-9.7%$803.12M$16.07M0.00N/A
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$10.44
+0.0%
N/A-5.8%$710.24M$11.53M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
VMO
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust
N/A$9.16
-0.3%
N/A-8.2%$618.03M$24.46M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
IIM
Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust
N/A$11.65
-0.4%
N/A-2.9%$548.11M$22.00M0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$9.87
-0.4%
N/A-2.5%$539.09M$60.65M0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓
VGM
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals
N/A$9.62
-0.5%
N/A-6.3%$521.66M$21.00M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
VKQ
Invesco Municipal Trust
N/A$9.26
-0.2%
N/A-7.5%$512.14M$20.67M0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
VCV
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.35
+0.4%
N/A-0.1%$495.43M$18.10M0.00N/APositive News
IQI
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.35
-0.4%
N/A-4.5%$494.20M$20.51M0.00147,000Negative News
Short Interest ↑
MYD
BlackRock MuniYield Fund
N/A$9.97
-0.1%
N/A-6.7%$465.18M$8.74M0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:PMO) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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