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MFS High Yield Municipal Trust (CMU) Competitors

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$3.49 +0.01 (+0.29%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:32 PM ET)

CMU vs. MIY, ASG, SAR, MHN, MIN, TPVG, AEF, MMT, MXF, and IIF

Should you be buying MFS High Yield Municipal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust include BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), Saratoga Investment (SAR), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (AEF), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), The Mexico Fund (MXF), and Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

MFS High Yield Municipal Trust vs.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust$4.09M21.75N/AN/AN/A
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund$18.58M17.96N/AN/AN/A

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, BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

32.4% of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.1% of BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, MFS High Yield Municipal Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund's score of -0.55 indicating that MFS High Yield Municipal Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

MFS High Yield Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MFS High Yield Municipal TrustN/A N/A N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund N/A N/A N/A

MFS High Yield Municipal Trust received 35 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.49% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund an outperform vote while only 62.57% of users gave MFS High Yield Municipal Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MFS High Yield Municipal TrustOutperform Votes
117
62.57%
Underperform Votes
70
37.43%
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality FundOutperform Votes
82
69.49%
Underperform Votes
36
30.51%

Summary

MFS High Yield Municipal Trust beats BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CMU vs. The Competition

MetricMFS High Yield Municipal Trust IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$88.72M$2.12B$11.14B$19.18B
Dividend Yield4.71%14.72%9.78%3.60%
P/E RatioN/A10.7227.8441.28
Price / Sales21.75149.4339.9317.60
Price / CashN/A14.3830.6421.28
Price / BookN/A1.772.745.32
Net IncomeN/A$59.01M$1.04B$989.88M
7 Day Performance-3.06%-1.97%-2.87%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-2.38%-1.31%-2.87%-3.68%
1 Year Performance5.76%8.89%11.45%12.14%

MFS High Yield Municipal Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMU
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust
N/A$3.49
+0.3%
N/A+5.1%$88.72M$4.09M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
MIY
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund
N/A$11.67
+0.2%
N/A-0.4%$342.69M$18.58M0.00N/A
ASG
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund
N/A$5.85
+0.3%
N/A+8.7%$340.69M$37.15M0.00N/APositive News
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.6514 of 5 stars
$24.25
+0.7%
$25.42
+4.8%
-6.7%$334.65M$143.72M15.743,211News Coverage
MHN
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.66
+0.1%
N/A-3.2%$322.36MN/A0.00N/A
MIN
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
N/A$2.71
flat
N/A-3.6%$308.40MN/A0.00N/AEx-Dividend
TPVG
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC
0.9697 of 5 stars
$7.22
-8.0%
$7.70
+6.6%
-31.5%$289.15M$24.23M34.76N/AHigh Trading Volume
AEF
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund
N/A$5.46
-0.2%
N/A+7.6%$277.11M$26.30M0.00N/A
MMT
MFS Multimarket Income Trust
N/A$4.72
-0.4%
N/A+1.5%$261.03M$20.10M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
Positive News
MXF
The Mexico Fund
N/A$13.94
-1.1%
N/A-26.1%$259.33M$35.10M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
IIF
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund
N/A$26.47
0.0%
N/A+22.7%$259.14MN/A0.00N/APositive News

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This page (NYSE:CMU) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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