RFI vs. MIN, ASG, PMO, MHN, NCA, WHF, PMM, TYG, MIY, and PPT
Should you be buying Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund include MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), and Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
MFS Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE:MIN) and Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (NYSE:RFI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
MFS Intermediate Income Trust received 31 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.82% of users gave Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund an outperform vote while only 64.76% of users gave MFS Intermediate Income Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund had 6 more articles in the media than MFS Intermediate Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund and 1 mentions for MFS Intermediate Income Trust. MFS Intermediate Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund's score of 1.00 indicating that Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MFS Intermediate Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. MFS Intermediate Income Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. MFS Intermediate Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
MFS Intermediate Income Trust has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
50.9% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
MFS Intermediate Income Trust and Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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