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The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (CEE) Competitors

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$12.29 -1.02 (-7.63%)
Closing price 04/4/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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$12.26 -0.03 (-0.28%)
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CEE vs. PPT, PMO, RFI, RCS, OIA, PMM, HCAI, MQT, FUND, and VTN

Should you be buying The Central and Eastern Europe Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund include Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust (OIA), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), Huachen AI Parking Management Technology (HCAI), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), and Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

The Central and Eastern Europe Fund vs.

The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (NYSE:CEE) and Putnam Premier Income Trust (NYSE:PPT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund$18.48M4.19N/AN/AN/A
Putnam Premier Income Trust$22.60M14.85N/AN/AN/A

34.4% of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Putnam Premier Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Putnam Premier Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than The Central and Eastern Europe Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Putnam Premier Income Trust and 0 mentions for The Central and Eastern Europe Fund. Putnam Premier Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat The Central and Eastern Europe Fund's score of 0.87 indicating that Putnam Premier Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund Positive
Putnam Premier Income Trust Very Positive

The Central and Eastern Europe Fund has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Premier Income Trust has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

The Central and Eastern Europe Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Putnam Premier Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Central and Eastern Europe FundN/A N/A N/A
Putnam Premier Income Trust N/A N/A N/A

Putnam Premier Income Trust received 66 more outperform votes than The Central and Eastern Europe Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.75% of users gave The Central and Eastern Europe Fund an outperform vote while only 66.20% of users gave Putnam Premier Income Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Central and Eastern Europe FundOutperform Votes
75
70.75%
Underperform Votes
31
29.25%
Putnam Premier Income TrustOutperform Votes
141
66.20%
Underperform Votes
72
33.80%

Summary

Putnam Premier Income Trust beats The Central and Eastern Europe Fund on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CEE vs. The Competition

MetricThe Central and Eastern Europe FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$77.45M$7.25B$10.38B$17.75B
Dividend Yield2.39%6.76%5.42%3.79%
P/E RatioN/A3.6321.4229.98
Price / Sales4.1915.2425.0124.27
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6317.53
Price / BookN/A0.862.564.13
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-17.02%-4.44%-5.36%-8.65%
1 Month Performance-16.25%-5.93%495.97%-10.76%
1 Year Performance27.27%-2.26%529.27%-5.27%

The Central and Eastern Europe Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CEE
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund
N/A$12.29
-7.6%
N/A+27.3%$77.45M$18.48M0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.61
+0.1%
N/A-0.7%$347.05M$32.69M0.00N/APositive News
PMO
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
N/A$10.18
+0.1%
N/A+1.0%$323.68M$69.50M0.00801Positive News
RFI
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund
N/A$12.07
+0.8%
N/A-2.5%$322.17M$17.51M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$6.24
+0.8%
N/A-5.0%$287.48M$28.89M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
OIA
Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust
N/A$6.01
-0.6%
N/A-7.4%$286.03M$33.67M0.00N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
PMM
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust
N/A$6.15
-0.2%
N/A+1.5%$285.32M$67.33M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
HCAI
Huachen AI Parking Management Technology
N/A$7.98
+24.7%
N/AN/A$251.37M$53.68M0.0073
MQT
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II
N/A$10.02
+0.2%
N/A-2.3%$225.62M$10.00M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
FUND
Sprott Focus Trust
N/A$7.41
+0.7%
N/A-16.6%$220.86M$2.30M0.00N/AInsider Trade
Positive News
VTN
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals
N/A$10.42
-0.1%
N/A-2.9%$202.86M$19.37M0.00N/APositive News
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This page (NYSE:CEE) was last updated on 4/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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