Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund (SBI) Competitors

Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund (NYSE:SBI) and Amcor (NYSE:AMCR) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SBI or AMCR?

Amcor has higher revenue and earnings than Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund	$10.17M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amcor	$13.46B	0.96	$730M	$0.56	15.99

Is SBI or AMCR a better dividend stock?

Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Amcor pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Amcor pays out 91.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Amcor has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Amcor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer SBI or AMCR?

In the previous week, Amcor had 14 more articles in the media than Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Amcor and 3 mentions for Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund. Amcor's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund's score of 0.67 indicating that Amcor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Amcor	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SBI or AMCR?

45.1% of Amcor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Amcor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate SBI or AMCR?

Amcor has a consensus price target of $11.31, suggesting a potential upside of 26.35%. Given Amcor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amcor is more favorable than Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Amcor	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SBI or AMCR?

Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund received 34 more outperform votes than Amcor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.74% of users gave Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund an outperform vote while only 52.99% of users gave Amcor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund	Outperform Votes 105 67.74%	Underperform Votes 50 32.26%
Amcor	Outperform Votes 71 52.99%	Underperform Votes 63 47.01%

Is SBI or AMCR more profitable?

Amcor has a net margin of 5.89% compared to Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Amcor's return on equity of 26.14% beat Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amcor	5.89%	26.14%	6.21%

Summary

Amcor beats Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.