KSM vs. HRZN, MYN, TYG, HQL, KTF, SOR, MCI, PPT, MIY, and MHN
Should you be buying DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust include Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Source Capital (SOR), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) and DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KSM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.
Horizon Technology Finance has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Horizon Technology Finance received 199 more outperform votes than DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.93% of users gave DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave Horizon Technology Finance an outperform vote.
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Horizon Technology Finance.
Horizon Technology Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Horizon Technology Finance pays out -314.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Horizon Technology Finance has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Horizon Technology Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Horizon Technology Finance had 2 more articles in the media than DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Horizon Technology Finance and 1 mentions for DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust. DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Horizon Technology Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that Horizon Technology Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Horizon Technology Finance presently has a consensus target price of $10.38, suggesting a potential downside of 14.33%. Given DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Horizon Technology Finance is more favorable than DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust.
4.9% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.8% of DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust's net margin of -12.40%. DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust's return on equity of 17.98% beat Horizon Technology Finance's return on equity.
Summary
Horizon Technology Finance beats DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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