The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (CEE) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PMM or CEE?

13.5% of Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund shares are owned by 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, PMM or CEE?

Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Central and Eastern Europe Fund has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PMM or CEE a better dividend stock?

Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. The Central and Eastern Europe Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%.

Does the media prefer PMM or CEE?

In the previous week, The Central and Eastern Europe Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Central and Eastern Europe Fund and 0 mentions for Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust. The Central and Eastern Europe Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that The Central and Eastern Europe Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust	Neutral
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PMM or CEE?

Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust received 41 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 65.91% of users gave Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust	Outperform Votes 116 65.91%	Underperform Votes 60 34.09%
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund	Outperform Votes 75 70.75%	Underperform Votes 31 29.25%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PMM or CEE?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund	$14.25M	5.26	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is PMM or CEE more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

The Central and Eastern Europe Fund beats Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.