KF vs. KTF, HQL, SAR, MIY, ASG, TWN, MHN, MIN, TPVG, and JOF
Should you be buying The Korea Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Korea Fund include DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Saratoga Investment (SAR), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), The Taiwan Fund (TWN), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
The Korea Fund vs.
DWS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KTF) and The Korea Fund (NYSE:KF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.
57.7% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of The Korea Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.5% of The Korea Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, DWS Municipal Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than The Korea Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for DWS Municipal Income Trust and 0 mentions for The Korea Fund. DWS Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat The Korea Fund's score of 0.50 indicating that DWS Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DWS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Korea Fund has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DWS Municipal Income Trust received 29 more outperform votes than The Korea Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.40% of users gave The Korea Fund an outperform vote while only 65.88% of users gave DWS Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote.
DWS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. The Korea Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%.
Summary
DWS Municipal Income Trust and The Korea Fund tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KF) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
