PMO vs. PPT, HQL, TDF, TYG, GLAD, HRZN, MIN, LEO, SOR, and RFI
Should you be buying Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust include Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), Tekla Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Source Capital (SOR), and Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust vs.
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (NYSE:PMO) and Putnam Premier Income Trust (NYSE:PPT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Premier Income Trust has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Putnam Premier Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust and 1 mentions for Putnam Premier Income Trust. Putnam Premier Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust's score of 0.23 indicating that Putnam Premier Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Putnam Premier Income Trust received 19 more outperform votes than Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.40% of users gave Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust an outperform vote while only 66.20% of users gave Putnam Premier Income Trust an outperform vote.
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Putnam Premier Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%.
11.0% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of Putnam Premier Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust and Putnam Premier Income Trust tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PMO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust Competitors List
