MFS High Yield Municipal Trust (CMU) Competitors

MFS High Yield Municipal Trust (NYSE:CMU) and The Taiwan Fund (NYSE:TWN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Is CMU or TWN a better dividend stock?

MFS High Yield Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. The Taiwan Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%.

Is CMU or TWN more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
The Taiwan Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CMU or TWN?

32.4% of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of The Taiwan Fund shares are owned by company 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, CMU or TWN?

MFS High Yield Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Taiwan Fund has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CMU or TWN?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
The Taiwan Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer CMU or TWN?

In the previous week, The Taiwan Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat MFS High Yield Municipal Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that The Taiwan Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust	Neutral
The Taiwan Fund	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMU or TWN?

MFS High Yield Municipal Trust received 63 more outperform votes than The Taiwan Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.05% of users gave The Taiwan Fund an outperform vote while only 62.57% of users gave MFS High Yield Municipal Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust	Outperform Votes 117 62.57%	Underperform Votes 70 37.43%
The Taiwan Fund	Outperform Votes 54 71.05%	Underperform Votes 22 28.95%

Summary

The Taiwan Fund beats MFS High Yield Municipal Trust on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.