Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ) Competitors

Tri-Continental (NYSE:TY) and Invesco Municipal Trust (NYSE:VKQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TY or VKQ?

Tri-Continental received 114 more outperform votes than Invesco Municipal Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.02% of users gave Tri-Continental an outperform vote while only 63.37% of users gave Invesco Municipal Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tri-Continental	Outperform Votes 223 71.02%	Underperform Votes 91 28.98%
Invesco Municipal Trust	Outperform Votes 109 63.37%	Underperform Votes 63 36.63%

Is TY or VKQ more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tri-Continental	N/A	N/A	N/A
Invesco Municipal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, TY or VKQ?

Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TY or VKQ a better dividend stock?

Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. Invesco Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%.

Which has better earnings & valuation, TY or VKQ?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tri-Continental	$321.66M	5.15	N/A	N/A	N/A
Invesco Municipal Trust	$20.67M	24.65	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TY or VKQ?

10.2% of Tri-Continental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Invesco Municipal Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Tri-Continental shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Invesco Municipal Trust shares are held 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.

Does the media favor TY or VKQ?

In the previous week, Invesco Municipal Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Invesco Municipal Trust and 1 mentions for Tri-Continental. Tri-Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Invesco Municipal Trust's score of 0.96 indicating that Tri-Continental is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tri-Continental	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Invesco Municipal Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Tri-Continental beats Invesco Municipal Trust on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.