Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN) Competitors

Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:EVN) and SRH Total Return Fund (NYSE:STEW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EVN or STEW?

15.6% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SRH Total Return 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.

Does the media prefer EVN or STEW?

In the previous week, SRH Total Return Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SRH Total Return Fund and 4 mentions for Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust. Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat SRH Total Return Fund's score of 0.89 indicating that Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
SRH Total Return Fund	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EVN or STEW?

Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust received 136 more outperform votes than SRH Total Return Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust	Outperform Votes 136 62.39%	Underperform Votes 82 37.61%
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A

Is EVN or STEW more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EVN or STEW?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, EVN or STEW?

Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SRH Total Return Fund has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EVN or STEW a better dividend stock?

Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%.

Summary

Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust beats SRH Total Return Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.