PIM vs. MUJ, PEO, IFN, VKQ, VGM, DSU, MYD, VCV, RMT, and MVF
Should you be buying Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust include BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), The India Fund (IFN), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), and BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (NYSE:MUJ) and Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE:PIM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund and BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund both had 2 articles in the media. Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%.
15.1% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.1% of Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Putnam Master Intermediate Income 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.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund received 113 more outperform votes than Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust an outperform vote while only 64.97% of users gave BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund beats Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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