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Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (CEV) Competitors

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$10.02 +0.03 (+0.30%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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CEV vs. TPVG, MXF, MMT, MFM, IIF, AEF, TSI, EMF, SSSS, and NPV

Should you be buying Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust include TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), Mexico Fund (MXF), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), Mfs Muni Inc Tr (MFM), Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF), Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (AEF), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF), SURO Capital (SSSS), and Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust vs. Its Competitors

Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:CEV) and TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (NYSE:TPVG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

35.9% of Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.8% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a consensus target price of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 8.52%. Given TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is more favorable than Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays out 88.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust-$1.51M-46.71N/AN/AN/A
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC$108.65M2.31$32.05M$1.045.98

In the previous week, Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's score of 0.00 indicating that Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a net margin of 42.16% compared to Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's return on equity of 13.78% beat Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income TrustN/A N/A N/A
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC 42.16%13.78%6.32%

Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC beats Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CEV vs. The Competition

MetricEaton Vance California Municipal Income TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$70.48M$40.57B$12.72B$21.58B
Dividend Yield2.52%3.33%5.42%3.49%
P/E RatioN/A16.17244.0630.17
Price / Sales-46.7110.0530.9954.74
Price / CashN/AN/A22.2024.62
Price / BookN/AN/A2.354.58
Net IncomeN/AN/A$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance0.80%0.12%0.42%0.88%
1 Month Performance5.70%2.96%3.91%5.45%
1 Year Performance-7.99%10.27%542.56%15.94%

Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CEV
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.02
+0.3%
N/A-8.3%$70.48M-$1.51M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
TPVG
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC
1.964 of 5 stars
$6.75
-0.9%
$6.75
-14.8%$272.19M$53.50M6.49N/A
MXF
Mexico Fund
N/A$18.40
-0.1%
N/A+25.1%$269.38M-$34.30M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
MMT
MFS Multimarket Income Trust
N/A$4.81
+0.2%
N/A-0.8%$266.00M$21.54M0.00N/A
MFM
Mfs Muni Inc Tr
N/A$5.27
+0.2%
N/A-6.4%$258.37M$8.05M0.00281
IIF
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund
N/A$26.83
-1.0%
N/A-6.0%$256.50MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
AEF
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund
N/A$6.25
+0.5%
N/A+22.5%$253.76M$20.73M0.00N/A
TSI
TCW Strategic Income Fund
N/A$4.99
+0.1%
N/A-3.8%$238.21M$23.22M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
EMF
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund
N/A$15.66
+0.7%
N/A+31.9%$237.61M$30.48M0.00N/APositive News
SSSS
SURO Capital
2.236 of 5 stars
$8.70
flat
$10.00
+14.9%
+136.9%$207.84M$4.67M-4.609Short Interest ↑
NPV
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.51
+0.3%
N/A-6.4%$206.37MN/A0.00N/AEx-Dividend
High Trading Volume

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