SPE vs. DMF, MPA, NNY, PIM, GGT, NAZ, MPV, KF, JHI, and PCF
Should you be buying Special Opportunities Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Special Opportunities Fund include BNY Mellon Municipal Income (DMF), BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund (MPA), Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund (NNY), Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (PIM), The Gabelli Multimedia Trust (GGT), Nuveen Arizona Quality Municipal Income Fund (NAZ), Barings Participation Investors (MPV), The Korea Fund (KF), John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI), and High Income Securities Fund (PCF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Special Opportunities Fund (NYSE:SPE) and BNY Mellon Municipal Income (NYSE:DMF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Special Opportunities Fund had 6 more articles in the media than BNY Mellon Municipal Income. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Special Opportunities Fund and 0 mentions for BNY Mellon Municipal Income. Special Opportunities Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat BNY Mellon Municipal Income's score of 0.80 indicating that Special Opportunities Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Special Opportunities Fund has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BNY Mellon Municipal Income has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Special Opportunities Fund received 150 more outperform votes than BNY Mellon Municipal Income when rated by MarketBeat users.
Special Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. BNY Mellon Municipal Income pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%.
35.6% of Special Opportunities Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 49.3% of Special Opportunities Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BNY Mellon Municipal Income shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Special Opportunities Fund beats BNY Mellon Municipal Income on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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