MFS High Yield Municipal Trust (CMU) Competitors $3.29 +0.01 (+0.30%) As of 04/16/2025 03:58 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock CMU vs. SAR, MIY, HQL, MHN, MIN, JOF, ASG, BKT, MMT, and TPVGShould you be buying MFS High Yield Municipal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust include Saratoga Investment (SAR), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), and TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. MFS High Yield Municipal Trust vs. Saratoga Investment BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund Abrdn Life Sciences Investors BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund MFS Intermediate Income Trust Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Liberty All-Star Growth Fund BlackRock Income Trust MFS Multimarket Income Trust TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC MFS High Yield Municipal Trust (NYSE:CMU) and Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk. Is CMU or SAR more profitable? Saratoga Investment has a net margin of 22.01% compared to MFS High Yield Municipal Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Saratoga Investment's return on equity of 15.53% beat MFS High Yield Municipal Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets MFS High Yield Municipal TrustN/A N/A N/A Saratoga Investment 22.01%15.53%4.80% Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CMU or SAR? Saratoga Investment received 152 more outperform votes than MFS High Yield Municipal Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.57% of users gave MFS High Yield Municipal Trust an outperform vote while only 57.73% of users gave Saratoga Investment an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformMFS High Yield Municipal TrustOutperform Votes11762.57% Underperform Votes7037.43% Saratoga InvestmentOutperform Votes26957.73% Underperform Votes19742.27% Which has more risk & volatility, CMU or SAR? MFS High Yield Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saratoga Investment has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is CMU or SAR a better dividend stock? MFS High Yield Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Saratoga Investment pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. Saratoga Investment pays out 121.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Do analysts rate CMU or SAR? Saratoga Investment has a consensus price target of $25.08, indicating a potential upside of 9.92%. Given Saratoga Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Saratoga Investment is more favorable than MFS High Yield Municipal Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score MFS High Yield Municipal Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Saratoga Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.25 Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CMU or SAR? Saratoga Investment has higher revenue and earnings than MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMFS High Yield Municipal Trust$12.61M6.65N/AN/AN/ASaratoga Investment$46.93M6.98$8.93M$2.489.20 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CMU or SAR? 32.4% of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media prefer CMU or SAR? In the previous week, Saratoga Investment had 3 more articles in the media than MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Saratoga Investment and 0 mentions for MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. MFS High Yield Municipal Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Saratoga Investment's score of 0.23 indicating that MFS High Yield Municipal Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment MFS High Yield Municipal Trust Very Positive Saratoga Investment Neutral SummarySaratoga Investment beats MFS High Yield Municipal Trust on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get MFS High Yield Municipal Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CMU and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart CMU vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMFS High Yield Municipal TrustClosed IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$83.87M$104.28M$10.75B$18.33BDividend Yield4.41%7.79%6.01%4.23%P/E RatioN/AN/A21.5330.99Price / Sales6.656.6525.3325.39Price / CashN/AN/A17.6117.53Price / BookN/AN/A2.554.26Net IncomeN/AN/A$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance-1.35%-0.82%-0.06%-1.29%1 Month Performance-6.93%-5.11%-3.71%-7.34%1 Year Performance1.86%-4.76%533.87%1.23% MFS High Yield Municipal Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CMUMFS High Yield Municipal TrustN/A$3.29+0.3%N/A+1.9%$83.87M$12.61M0.00N/ASARSaratoga Investment1.4601 of 5 stars$22.33-4.1%$25.08+12.4%+0.9%$333.98M$46.93M9.003,211Short Interest ↑High Trading VolumeMIYBlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality FundN/A$11.27-2.0%N/A0.0%$330.89M$18.58M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓News CoverageHQLAbrdn Life Sciences InvestorsN/A$11.05-3.5%N/A-9.2%$312.90M$86.69M0.00N/AInsider TradeShort Interest ↑News CoverageMHNBlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality FundN/A$9.98-1.8%N/A-5.0%$301.66M$13.59M0.00N/AHigh Trading VolumeMINMFS Intermediate Income TrustN/A$2.65-0.4%N/A+2.5%$301.57M$27.88M0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsJOFJapan Smaller Capitalization FundN/A$7.65-1.3%N/A+8.9%$269.46M$38.39M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑News CoverageASGLiberty All-Star Growth FundN/A$4.39-1.5%N/A-10.1%$255.89M$51.46M0.00N/ADividend CutShort Interest ↓News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeBKTBlackRock Income TrustN/A$11.49-2.1%N/A+1.8%$244.77M$3.59M0.00N/AHigh Trading VolumeMMTMFS Multimarket Income TrustN/A$4.38-1.4%N/A+0.4%$242.22M$45.79M0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeTPVGTriplePoint Venture Growth BDC1.2927 of 5 stars$5.79-5.5%$7.45+28.8%-33.2%$232.19M$45.53M27.55N/AHigh Trading Volume Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Saratoga Investment Competitors BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund Competitors Abrdn Life Sciences Investors Competitors BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund Competitors MFS Intermediate Income Trust Competitors Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Competitors Liberty All-Star Growth Fund Competitors BlackRock Income Trust Competitors MFS Multimarket Income Trust Competitors TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:CMU) was last updated on 4/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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