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The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (CEE) Competitors

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$14.60 +0.34 (+2.36%)
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CEE vs. PPT, PMO, RFI, DOGZ, PMM, OIA, RCS, 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), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust (OIA), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), 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.

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

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 1.47 beat The Central and Eastern Europe Fund's score of 0.19 indicating that Putnam Premier Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Putnam Premier Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. The Central and Eastern Europe Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%.

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

Putnam Premier Income Trust has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Central and Eastern Europe Fund has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Putnam Premier Income Trust$32.69M10.56N/AN/AN/A
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund$18.48M4.98N/AN/AN/A

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

42.8% of Putnam Premier Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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$92.01M$7.99B$11.15B$19.60B
Dividend Yield2.39%6.82%5.63%3.90%
P/E RatioN/A3.4724.3933.65
Price / Sales4.9813.5525.2930.71
Price / CashN/A7.5117.7017.56
Price / BookN/A1.012.544.65
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.32%-0.84%-1.23%-3.22%
1 Month Performance13.96%-0.43%-1.81%-4.99%
1 Year Performance51.18%4.23%13.13%6.85%

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$14.60
+2.4%
N/A+47.1%$92.01M$18.48M0.00N/A
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.59
-1.2%
N/A+1.4%$345.12M$32.69M0.00N/APositive News
PMO
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
N/A$10.68
-0.2%
N/A+5.7%$339.58M$69.50M0.00801Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
RFI
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund
N/A$12.16
+0.2%
N/A+4.5%$322.87M$19.06M0.00N/A
DOGZ
Dogness (International)
1.0555 of 5 stars
$24.83
-10.8%
N/A+380.2%$316.09M$14.85M0.00320Positive News
PMM
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust
N/A$6.29
-1.0%
N/A+3.2%$291.82M$67.33M0.00N/APositive News
OIA
Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust
N/A$6.12
+0.1%
N/A-1.4%$291.27M$33.67M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$6.25
-1.3%
N/A+5.7%$287.94M$30.67M0.00N/APositive News
MQT
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II
N/A$10.37
+0.0%
N/A-1.5%$233.39M$10.00M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
FUND
Sprott Focus Trust
N/A$7.55
-0.1%
N/A-4.9%$225.03M$16.60M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
VTN
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals
N/A$10.64
-0.1%
N/A+1.2%$207.23M$19.37M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage

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