Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TY or VMO?

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 Opportunity Trust	$24.46M	25.14	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, TY or VMO?

Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TY or VMO more profitable?

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

Does the media refer more to TY or VMO?

In the previous week, Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust and 1 mentions for Tri-Continental. Tri-Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust's score of -0.50 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 Opportunity Trust	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TY or VMO?

10.2% of Tri-Continental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.6% of Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Tri-Continental shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TY or VMO?

Tri-Continental received 54 more outperform votes than Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.02% of users gave Tri-Continental an outperform vote while only 70.42% of users gave Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tri-Continental	Outperform Votes 223 71.02%	Underperform Votes 91 28.98%
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust	Outperform Votes 169 70.42%	Underperform Votes 71 29.58%

Is TY or VMO 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 Opportunity Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%.

Summary

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