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Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT) Competitors

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PPT vs. GAM, MQY, MYI, VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, VKQ, VCV, and IQI

Should you be buying Putnam Premier Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Putnam Premier Income 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 Premier Income Trust vs.

Putnam Premier Income Trust (NYSE:PPT) and General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Putnam Premier Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Putnam Premier Income Trust$22.60M15.34N/AN/AN/A
General American Investors$251.67M4.97N/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, General American Investors had 2 more articles in the media than Putnam Premier Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for General American Investors and 1 mentions for Putnam Premier Income Trust. Putnam Premier Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat General American Investors' score of 1.60 indicating that Putnam Premier Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Putnam Premier Income Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
General American Investors
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Putnam Premier Income Trust has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

42.8% of Putnam Premier Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of General American Investors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Putnam Premier Income Trust received 46 more outperform votes than General American Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.20% of users gave Putnam Premier Income Trust an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave General American Investors an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Putnam Premier Income TrustOutperform Votes
141
66.20%
Underperform Votes
72
33.80%
General American InvestorsOutperform Votes
95
59.01%
Underperform Votes
66
40.99%

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Putnam Premier Income TrustN/A N/A N/A
General American Investors N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Putnam Premier Income Trust beats General American Investors on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PPT vs. The Competition

MetricPutnam Premier Income TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$346.57M$7.02B$11.64B$19.70B
Dividend Yield8.55%6.78%5.46%3.84%
P/E RatioN/A3.5822.8435.13
Price / Sales15.3422.0727.5936.36
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.51
Price / BookN/A0.912.854.78
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.91%0.49%1.72%1.62%
1 Month Performance2.86%5.98%9.94%13.00%
1 Year Performance1.98%0.79%538.82%5.59%

Putnam Premier Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.59
-1.0%
N/A+2.3%$345.12M$22.60M0.00N/APositive News
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$52.73
+1.9%
N/A+9.6%$1.24B$251.67M0.003,313Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$11.26
-0.5%
N/A-7.9%$822.63M$16.07M0.00N/A
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$10.68
-0.2%
N/A-5.8%$726.91M$11.53M0.00147,000Positive News
VMO
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust
N/A$9.39
-0.1%
N/A-3.8%$633.27M$24.46M0.00N/APositive News
IIM
Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust
N/A$12.03
-0.1%
N/A+1.0%$566.23M$22.00M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$10.06
-0.1%
N/A-3.1%$550.01M$60.65M0.00147,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
VGM
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals
N/A$9.69
-0.1%
N/A-3.2%$525.51M$21.00M0.00147,000Positive News
VKQ
Invesco Municipal Trust
N/A$9.41
-0.3%
N/A-4.1%$520.44M$20.67M0.00147,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
VCV
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.62
+0.1%
N/A+6.6%$508.36M$18.10M0.00N/A
IQI
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.52
+0.1%
N/A-2.2%$503.46M$20.51M0.00147,000Positive News

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