CXE vs. NIM, PCF, ECF, JHI, PFO, KF, KSM, PCM, SWZ, and NAZ
Should you be buying MFS High Income Municipal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS High Income Municipal Trust include Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM), High Income Securities Fund (PCF), Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF), John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO), The Korea Fund (KF), DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (KSM), PCM Fund (PCM), The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), and Nuveen Arizona Quality Municipal Income Fund (NAZ). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
MFS High Income Municipal Trust (NYSE:CXE) and Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NYSE:NIM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
MFS High Income Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%.
In the previous week, MFS High Income Municipal Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for MFS High Income Municipal Trust and 0 mentions for Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund. MFS High Income Municipal Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that MFS High Income Municipal Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MFS High Income Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
34.4% of MFS High Income Municipal Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.2% of Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MFS High Income Municipal Trust and Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
Summary
MFS High Income Municipal Trust beats Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund on 5 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.
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