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Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN) Competitors

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$10.36 +0.12 (+1.12%)
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EVN vs. STEW, GSBD, CET, MFIC, NMFC, BCSF, MUC, BBDC, AWF, and PFLT

Should you be buying Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust include SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Central Securities (CET), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust vs.

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 earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.

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

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Eaton Vance Municipal Income TrustOutperform Votes
136
62.39%
Underperform Votes
82
37.61%
SRH Total Return FundN/AN/A

15.6% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%.

In the previous week, Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than SRH Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust and 0 mentions for SRH Total Return Fund. Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat SRH Total Return Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust Positive
SRH Total Return Fund Neutral

Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SRH Total Return Fund has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust$19.28M21.16N/AN/AN/A
SRH Total Return FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

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

Summary

Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust beats SRH Total Return Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EVN vs. The Competition

MetricEaton Vance Municipal Income TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$407.98M$8.33B$11.72B$20.04B
Dividend Yield5.76%6.83%5.97%3.61%
P/E RatioN/A0.4524.8641.66
Price / Sales21.169.8228.1517.77
Price / CashN/A7.0216.9317.54
Price / BookN/A0.992.665.85
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.07B$1.01B
7 Day Performance2.64%2.07%2.44%3.48%
1 Month Performance3.58%1.86%1.41%5.99%
1 Year Performance4.84%6.90%15.30%20.49%

Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.36
+1.1%
N/A+4.2%$410.75M$19.28M0.00N/APositive News
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$15.78
-0.1%
N/A+19.9%$1.52B$394.21M0.00N/APositive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.9372 of 5 stars
$11.92
-0.1%
$13.00
+9.1%
-17.7%$1.40B$90.89M17.03N/APositive News
CET
Central Securities
N/A$44.88
+0.2%
N/A+24.7%$1.27B$300.48M0.006Positive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
1.9766 of 5 stars
$13.22
+0.5%
$14.71
+11.3%
-2.2%$1.24B$121.29M8.47N/A
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.6533 of 5 stars
$10.93
+0.4%
$11.00
+0.6%
-12.3%$1.18B$124.62M10.41N/APositive News
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.1522 of 5 stars
$17.14
+1.3%
$17.00
-0.8%
+13.9%$1.11B$146.71M8.611,000News Coverage
MUC
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund
N/A$10.55
-0.8%
N/A-2.7%$1.01B$38.10M0.00147,000Positive News
BBDC
Barings BDC
2.9695 of 5 stars
$9.40
+0.2%
$10.00
+6.4%
+9.8%$992.26M$127.89M8.7026Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.62
-0.2%
N/A+5.2%$915.76M$152.17M0.00N/APositive News
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
1.3611 of 5 stars
$10.95
+0.4%
$12.00
+9.6%
-5.1%$911.37M$108.60M7.66658

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