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Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ) Competitors

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VKQ vs. TY, GAM, MQY, MYI, VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, IQI, and VCV

Should you be buying Invesco Municipal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Invesco Municipal Trust include Tri-Continental (TY), General American Investors (GAM), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust (IIM), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI), and Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Invesco Municipal Trust vs.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tri-Continental$321.66M5.08N/AN/AN/A
Invesco Municipal Trust$53.97M9.65N/AN/AN/A

Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Invesco Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Tri-ContinentalOutperform Votes
223
71.02%
Underperform Votes
91
28.98%
Invesco Municipal TrustOutperform Votes
109
63.37%
Underperform Votes
63
36.63%

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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

In the previous week, Invesco Municipal Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Invesco Municipal Trust and 1 mentions for Tri-Continental. Tri-Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Invesco Municipal Trust's score of 1.34 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
1 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.

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VKQ vs. The Competition

MetricInvesco Municipal TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$520.99M$6.78B$11.28B$19.20B
Dividend Yield6.48%6.92%5.57%4.00%
P/E RatioN/A3.5322.2633.50
Price / Sales9.6521.9626.5829.18
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.52
Price / BookN/A0.872.644.55
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.23%1.42%1.99%2.29%
1 Month Performance-3.24%-0.33%3.56%2.94%
1 Year Performance-0.79%1.67%535.34%4.68%

Invesco Municipal Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VKQ
Invesco Municipal Trust
N/A$9.42
+0.1%
N/A+0.2%$520.99M$53.97M0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
TY
Tri-Continental
N/A$29.46
0.0%
N/A+2.1%$1.59B$321.66M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$50.14
+0.1%
N/A+12.4%$1.18B$251.67M0.003,313Short Interest ↑
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$11.01
-0.4%
N/A-5.1%$804.58M$16.07M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$10.47
-0.5%
N/A-2.6%$712.62M$11.53M0.00147,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
VMO
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust
N/A$9.27
-0.5%
N/A+0.1%$625.18M$65.85M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
IIM
Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust
N/A$11.70
-0.1%
N/A+4.5%$550.88M$55.51M0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$9.94
-0.5%
N/A-0.4%$542.91M$60.65M0.00147,000
VGM
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals
N/A$9.58
-0.3%
N/A+1.4%$519.49M$54.04M0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
IQI
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.37
-0.5%
N/A+1.5%$495.52M$52.90M0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
VCV
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.97
-0.8%
N/A+8.4%$477.67M$51.29M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News

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