PMO vs. GAM, OIA, MQT, FUND, JEQ, CEE, TOYO, JCSE, VCV, and CET
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), Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust (OIA), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (JEQ), The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (CEE), TOYO (TOYO), JE Cleantech (JCSE), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), and Central Securities (CET).
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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, General American Investors had 9 more articles in the media than Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for General American Investors and 2 mentions for Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust's score of 0.01 indicating that Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
36.9% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%.
General American Investors has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
General American Investors beats Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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