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Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT) Competitors

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$3.66 -0.02 (-0.41%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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$3.68 +0.03 (+0.68%)
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PPT vs. GAM, VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, VKQ, IQI, VCV, NQP, and DOGZ

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), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), and Dogness (International) (DOGZ). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Putnam Premier Income Trust vs. Its Competitors

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

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

General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Putnam Premier Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
General American InvestorsN/A N/A N/A
Putnam Premier Income Trust N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Putnam Premier Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than General American Investors. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Putnam Premier Income Trust and 2 mentions for General American Investors. Putnam Premier Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat General American Investors' score of 0.94 indicating that Putnam Premier Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
General American Investors
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
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)
Positive

General American Investors has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Putnam Premier Income Trust has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

36.9% of General American Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Putnam Premier Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of General American Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Putnam Premier Income Trust beats General American Investors on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PPT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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.
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PPT vs. The Competition

MetricPutnam Premier Income TrustFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$353.31M$3.78B$12.06B$20.74B
Dividend Yield8.50%6.72%5.53%3.71%
P/E RatioN/AN/A20.0427.84
Price / SalesN/A12.7825.4042.35
Price / CashN/A18.2521.6422.63
Price / BookN/A1.172.284.57
Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$992.82M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-1.22%-0.53%-0.22%0.20%
1 Month Performance-0.95%1.22%2.77%3.95%
1 Year Performance0.83%0.56%536.07%10.27%

Putnam Premier Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.66
-0.4%
N/A+1.4%$353.31MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$56.04
+0.6%
N/A+10.3%$1.31BN/A0.003,313
VMO
Inv Vk Mun Opp
N/A$9.17
+0.8%
N/A-10.8%$613.71MN/A0.00N/A
IIM
Invvlu Mu Incm
N/A$11.64
+0.3%
N/A-8.0%$545.99MN/A0.00147,000
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$9.97
+0.8%
N/A-5.0%$540.18MN/A0.00147,000
VGM
Inv Vk Tr Inv
N/A$9.52
+0.4%
N/A-8.0%$514.12MN/A0.00147,000High Trading Volume
VKQ
Inv Vk Mun Tr
N/A$9.15
+0.4%
N/A-9.9%$504.11MN/A0.00147,000
IQI
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.37
+0.3%
N/A-8.5%$493.93MN/A0.00147,000
VCV
Inv Vk Ca Valu
N/A$10.34
+1.0%
N/A-2.1%$490.40MN/A0.00N/APositive News
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.20
+0.5%
N/A-11.4%$414.66MN/A0.00147,000Negative News
Insider Trade
DOGZ
Dogness (International)
0.3638 of 5 stars
$16.40
-42.5%
N/A-40.9%$363.33M$14.85M0.00320Positive News
High Trading Volume

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