VMO vs. NXP, MUJ, PEO, IFN, BTO, PHK, VGM, VKQ, MYI, and MYD
Should you be buying Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust include Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), The India Fund (IFN), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), and BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXP) and Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (NYSE:VMO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust received 98 more outperform votes than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.42% of users gave Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust an outperform vote while only 63.96% of users gave Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio an outperform vote.
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%.
16.2% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.6% of Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's score of 0.00 indicating that Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust beats Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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