MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust (CXH) Competitors

MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust (NYSE:CXH) and Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (NYSE:AEF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and community ranking.

Which has more risk & volatility, CXH or AEF?

MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CXH or AEF?

73.9% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CXH or AEF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CXH or AEF?

MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust and Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust	N/A	N/A
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	N/A	N/A

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CXH or AEF?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to CXH or AEF?

In the previous week, Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust	Neutral
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	Very Positive

Is CXH or AEF a better dividend stock?

MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%.

Summary

Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund beats MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust on 5 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.