FUND vs. VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, VKQ, IQI, VCV, NQP, PPT, and RCS
Should you be buying Sprott Focus Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sprott Focus Trust include Inv Vk Mun Opp (VMO), Invvlu Mu Incm (IIM), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), Inv Vk Tr Inv (VGM), Inv Vk Mun Tr (VKQ), Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI), Inv Vk Ca Valu (VCV), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), and PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.
Sprott Focus Trust vs. Its Competitors
Inv Vk Mun Opp (NYSE:VMO) and Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:FUND) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
Inv Vk Mun Opp has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott Focus Trust has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
42.6% of Inv Vk Mun Opp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Inv Vk Mun Opp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.9% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Sprott Focus Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Inv Vk Mun Opp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sprott Focus Trust and 0 mentions for Inv Vk Mun Opp. Sprott Focus Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Inv Vk Mun Opp's score of 0.00 indicating that Sprott Focus Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Inv Vk Mun Opp pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Sprott Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%.
Summary
Sprott Focus Trust beats Inv Vk Mun Opp on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FUND) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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