Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO) Competitors $9.86 +0.04 (+0.36%) Closing price 05/22/2025 03:55 PM EasternExtended Trading$9.87 +0.01 (+0.15%) As of 08:00 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PMO vs. GAM, MQY, MYI, VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, VKQ, VCV, and IQIShould 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 California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), and Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry. Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust vs. General American Investors BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals Invesco Municipal Trust Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) and Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (NYSE:PMO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership. Does the media prefer GAM or PMO? In the previous week, General American Investors had 5 more articles in the media than Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for General American Investors and 0 mentions for Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that General American Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment General American Investors Positive Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust Neutral Which has more volatility & risk, GAM or PMO? General American Investors has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has higher earnings and valuation, GAM or PMO? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGeneral American Investors$251.67M4.97N/AN/AN/APutnam Municipal Opportunities Trust$69.50M4.51N/AN/AN/A Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in GAM or PMO? 36.8% of General American Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of General American Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust 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. Is GAM or PMO a better dividend stock? General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Does the MarketBeat Community favor GAM or PMO? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGeneral American InvestorsOutperform Votes9559.01% Underperform Votes6640.99% Putnam Municipal Opportunities TrustOutperform Votes12267.40% Underperform Votes5932.60% Is GAM or PMO more profitable? 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 SummaryGeneral American Investors beats Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PMO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Media Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart PMO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPutnam Municipal Opportunities TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$313.50M$6.92B$11.48B$19.29BDividend Yield4.60%6.79%5.45%3.83%P/E RatioN/A3.5722.4234.52Price / Sales4.5121.8627.6034.82Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.51Price / BookN/A0.882.774.69Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance-2.76%-0.92%-1.34%-2.43%1 Month Performance0.66%2.85%5.23%6.27%1 Year Performance-1.15%0.98%538.04%5.78% Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PMOPutnam Municipal Opportunities TrustN/A$9.86+0.4%N/A-2.3%$313.50M$69.50M0.00801Positive NewsGAMGeneral American InvestorsN/A$53.37+0.1%N/A+9.8%$1.25B$251.67M0.003,313Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsMQYBlackRock MuniYield Quality FundN/A$11.17-0.2%N/A-8.8%$816.27M$16.07M0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsMYIBlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund IIIN/A$10.52-0.7%N/A-6.0%$716.02M$11.53M0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsVMOInvesco Municipal Opportunity TrustN/A$9.26-0.9%N/A-4.7%$624.50M$24.46M0.00N/APositive NewsIIMInvesco Value Municipal Income TrustN/A$11.83-0.3%N/A+0.7%$556.81M$22.00M0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsMMUWestern Asset Managed Municipals FundN/A$10.05-0.2%N/A-3.2%$548.92M$60.65M0.00147,000Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementVGMInvesco Trust for Investment Grade MunicipalsN/A$9.57-0.7%N/A-2.4%$519M$21.00M0.00147,000Positive NewsVKQInvesco Municipal TrustN/A$9.27-0.9%N/A-4.3%$512.97M$20.67M0.00147,000VCVInvesco California Value Municipal Income TrustN/A$10.49-1.8%N/A+4.8%$502.38M$18.10M0.00N/AIQIInvesco Quality Municipal Income TrustN/A$9.37-0.6%N/A-3.1%$495.52M$20.51M0.00147,000News CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies General American Investors Alternatives BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund Alternatives BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III Alternatives Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust Alternatives Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust Alternatives Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Alternatives Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals Alternatives Invesco Municipal Trust Alternatives Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust Alternatives Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:PMO) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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