PMO vs. ASG, MHN, RFI, MIN, PPT, NCA, MIY, WHF, SOR, and MCI
Should you be buying Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust include Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Source Capital (SOR), and Barings Corporate Investors (MCI). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (NYSE:ASG) and Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (NYSE:PMO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust received 23 more outperform votes than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.40% of users gave Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust an outperform vote while only 57.23% of users gave Liberty All-Star Growth Fund an outperform vote.
21.6% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Liberty All-Star Growth Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Liberty All-Star Growth Fund and 0 mentions for Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust. Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Liberty All-Star Growth Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund beats Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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