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DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (KSM) Competitors

$10.07 +0.03 (+0.30%)
(As of 11/13/2024)

KSM vs. ASA, MCI, MYN, KTF, HQL, TWN, SAR, MIY, ASG, and TPVG

Should you be buying DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust include ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), The Taiwan Fund (TWN), Saratoga Investment (SAR), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), and TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust vs.

ASA Gold and Precious Metals (NYSE:ASA) and DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KSM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A N/A N/A
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust N/A N/A N/A

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

ASA Gold and Precious Metals received 1 more outperform votes than DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.49% of users gave ASA Gold and Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 66.93% of users gave DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ASA Gold and Precious MetalsOutperform Votes
86
70.49%
Underperform Votes
36
29.51%
DWS Strategic Municipal Income TrustOutperform Votes
85
66.93%
Underperform Votes
42
33.07%

53.8% of DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
DWS Strategic Municipal Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals had 4 more articles in the media than DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and 0 mentions for DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust. ASA Gold and Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that ASA Gold and Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
ASA Gold and Precious Metals Positive
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust Neutral

ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%.

Summary

ASA Gold and Precious Metals beats DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KSM vs. The Competition

MetricDWS Strategic Municipal Income TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$111.27M$8.28B$10.57B$19.87B
Dividend Yield3.14%6.46%10.17%3.53%
P/E RatioN/A0.4649.3442.94
Price / SalesN/A15.073,455.5418.99
Price / CashN/A6.9730.5017.86
Price / BookN/A0.902.765.52
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$995.76M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-0.05%-0.51%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance-0.59%-1.92%7.27%1.05%
1 Year Performance24.17%11.36%24.63%24.67%

DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KSM
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.07
+0.3%
N/A+24.0%$111.27MN/A0.00N/A
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$20.01
+0.2%
N/A+43.9%$430.70M$65.95M0.001,100
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$19.55
-1.0%
N/A+15.5%$396.87MN/A0.00N/A
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.35
+0.5%
N/A+7.4%$396.51MN/A0.00N/APositive News
KTF
DWS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.96
+0.1%
N/A+18.6%$390.13MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
HQL
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$13.81
-3.4%
N/A+17.4%$377.70MN/A0.00N/APositive News
Gap Down
TWN
The Taiwan Fund
N/A$42.48
-1.3%
N/A+34.4%$361.51MN/A0.00N/AGap Down
SAR
Saratoga Investment
2.027 of 5 stars
$25.85
+0.9%
$25.42
-1.7%
+0.2%$356.73M$143.72M16.753,211
MIY
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund
N/A$11.64
+0.3%
N/A+8.7%$341.75MN/A0.00N/A
ASG
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund
N/A$5.70
+0.4%
N/A+14.7%$331.97MN/A0.00N/APositive News
TPVG
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC
1.6447 of 5 stars
$8.05
+1.3%
$7.85
-2.5%
-24.0%$322.39M$24.23M37.88N/AAnalyst Forecast
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:KSM) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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