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MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE) Competitors

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$3.55 +0.01 (+0.28%)
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CXE vs. IFN, TYG, MCI, EVN, SAR, MVF, HQL, LEO, JOF, and MYN

Should you be buying MFS High Income Municipal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS High Income Municipal Trust include India Fund (IFN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Saratoga Investment (SAR), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF), and BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

MFS High Income Municipal Trust vs. Its Competitors

India Fund (NYSE:IFN) and MFS High Income Municipal Trust (NYSE:CXE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and dividends.

India Fund has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS High Income Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

India Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. MFS High Income Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
India FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
MFS High Income Municipal TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, India Fund had 2 more articles in the media than MFS High Income Municipal Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for India Fund and 0 mentions for MFS High Income Municipal Trust. India Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat MFS High Income Municipal Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that India Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
India Fund Positive
MFS High Income Municipal Trust Neutral

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
India FundN/A N/A N/A
MFS High Income Municipal Trust N/A N/A N/A

10.8% of India Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of MFS High Income Municipal Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

India Fund beats MFS High Income Municipal Trust on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CXE vs. The Competition

MetricMFS High Income Municipal TrustFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$132.27M$3.95B$12.50B$21.29B
Dividend Yield2.26%6.21%5.44%3.53%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.4529.36
Price / SalesN/A46.9027.1652.75
Price / CashN/A17.9022.1823.64
Price / BookN/A1.122.365.38
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$996.59M
7 Day Performance1.00%1.09%2.27%3.12%
1 Month Performance1.72%2.21%2.27%2.97%
1 Year Performance-7.43%1.53%540.60%12.83%

MFS High Income Municipal Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CXE
MFS High Income Municipal Trust
N/A$3.55
+0.3%
N/A-7.3%$132.27MN/A0.00147,000
IFN
India Fund
N/A$15.13
-1.0%
N/A-16.8%$469.81MN/A0.0021,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$43.05
+0.3%
N/A+18.2%$463.65MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$21.56
+0.9%
N/A+19.8%$437.57MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.45
-0.5%
N/A-4.0%$414.55MN/A0.00N/APositive News
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.2413 of 5 stars
$25.36
+0.5%
$24.25
-4.4%
+8.9%$404.41M$148.85M10.273,211
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.56
-0.2%
N/A-12.6%$395.66M$11.04M0.00147,000
HQL
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$13.67
+0.3%
N/A-8.9%$394.65MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Insider Trade
LEO
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals
N/A$5.92
-0.1%
N/A-7.9%$368.45MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
JOF
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
N/A$10.40
-0.5%
N/A+30.2%$366.33M$8.75M0.00N/APositive News
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.28
+0.1%
N/A-11.0%$355.33MN/A0.00N/A

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