MGF vs. NMT, SWZ, PCM, NMI, KSM, PFO, ECF, BCV, NIM, and SSSS
Should you be buying MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Government Markets Income Trust include Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT), The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), PCM Fund (PCM), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (KSM), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO), Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF), Bancroft Fund (BCV), Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM), and SuRo Capital (SSSS). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
MFS Government Markets Income Trust (NYSE:MGF) and Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, MFS Government Markets Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
54.8% of MFS Government Markets Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.5% of Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MFS Government Markets Income Trust has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MFS Government Markets Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%.
Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund received 113 more outperform votes than MFS Government Markets Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund beats MFS Government Markets Income Trust on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.
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