VKQ vs. VGM, BTO, MYD, DSU, VCV, IFN, MVF, NQP, MUA, and PEO
Should you be buying Invesco Municipal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Invesco Municipal Trust include Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), The India Fund (IFN), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), and Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO).
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (NYSE:VGM) and Invesco Municipal Trust (NYSE:VKQ) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
38.1% of Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Invesco Municipal Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Invesco Municipal Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals received 59 more outperform votes than Invesco Municipal Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.36% of users gave Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals an outperform vote while only 63.37% of users gave Invesco Municipal Trust an outperform vote.
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Invesco Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%.
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Invesco Municipal Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Invesco Municipal Trust and 0 mentions for Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals. Invesco Municipal Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals' score of 0.00 indicating that Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals beats Invesco Municipal Trust on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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