Total Return Securities (SWZ) Competitors

Total Return Securities (NYSE:SWZ) and MFS Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE:MIN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Does the media prefer SWZ or MIN?

In the previous week, MFS Intermediate Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Total Return Securities. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MFS Intermediate Income Trust and 2 mentions for Total Return Securities. MFS Intermediate Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Total Return Securities' score of 1.38 indicating that MFS Intermediate Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Total Return Securities	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MFS Intermediate 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

Is SWZ or MIN more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Total Return Securities	N/A	N/A	N/A
MFS Intermediate Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SWZ or MIN?

41.1% of Total Return Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Total Return Securities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SWZ or MIN a better dividend stock?

Total Return Securities pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. MFS Intermediate Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SWZ or MIN?

MFS Intermediate Income Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Total Return Securities.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Total Return Securities	$3.34M	23.83	-$3.74M	N/A	N/A
MFS Intermediate Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, SWZ or MIN?

Total Return Securities has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Intermediate Income Trust has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MFS Intermediate Income Trust beats Total Return Securities on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.