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Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT) Competitors

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PPT vs. GAM, VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, VKQ, IQI, VCV, RCS, and RFI

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), INV VK MUN OPP (VMO), Invvlu Mu Incm (IIM), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), INV VK TR INV (VGM), Inv Vk Mun Tr (VKQ), Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI), Inv Vk Ca Valu (VCV), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), and Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Putnam Premier Income Trust vs. Its Competitors

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

Putnam Premier Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Putnam Premier Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
General American InvestorsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Putnam Premier Income Trust has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

42.8% of Putnam Premier Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Putnam Premier Income Trust and Putnam Premier Income Trust both had 2 articles in the media. Putnam Premier Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat General American Investors' score of 1.23 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
2 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Putnam Premier Income Trust beats General American Investors on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PPT vs. The Competition

MetricPutnam Premier Income TrustFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$358.12M$3.91B$12.83B$21.69B
Dividend Yield7.69%6.13%5.40%3.47%
P/E RatioN/AN/A245.5929.69
Price / SalesN/A32.8630.8470.32
Price / CashN/A18.3422.3625.00
Price / BookN/A1.232.314.58
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance0.54%1.40%1.03%0.65%
1 Month Performance1.09%2.65%2.37%3.07%
1 Year Performance-0.27%3.30%539.26%14.34%

Putnam Premier Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.72
flat
N/A+0.4%$358.12MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$60.52
+0.2%
N/A+17.2%$1.42BN/A0.003,313News Coverage
Positive News
VMO
INV VK MUN OPP
N/A$9.35
+1.4%
N/A-8.3%$621.80MN/A0.00N/APositive News
IIM
Invvlu Mu Incm
N/A$12.02
+1.4%
N/A-4.1%$557.76M$22.00M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$10.24
+1.5%
N/A-5.7%$550.56MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
VGM
INV VK TR INV
N/A$9.85
+1.4%
N/A-5.9%$526.59MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
VKQ
Inv Vk Mun Tr
N/A$9.37
+1.5%
N/A-8.6%$510.75M$20.67M0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓
IQI
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.70
+1.3%
N/A-4.7%$506.63MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
VCV
Inv Vk Ca Valu
N/A$10.42
+1.5%
N/A-6.7%$491.84M$18.10M0.00N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$7.33
+1.1%
N/A-3.4%$338.24MN/A0.00N/A
RFI
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund
N/A$11.99
-0.7%
N/A-8.9%$322.17M$17.51M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↓

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