DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF) Competitors $8.66 +0.09 (+0.99%) Closing price 08/1/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$8.66 0.00 (0.00%) As of 08/1/2025 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock KTF vs. MFIC, NMFC, PFLT, BBDC, BCSF, AWF, HQH, PHK, CGBD, and BTOShould you be buying DWS Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DWS Municipal Income Trust include MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Barings Bdc (BBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. DWS Municipal Income Trust vs. Its Competitors MidCap Financial Investment New Mountain Finance PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Barings Bdc Bain Capital Specialty Finance AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund abrdn Healthcare Investors PIMCO High Income Fund Carlyle Secured Lending John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund DWS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KTF) and MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings. Does the media prefer KTF or MFIC? In the previous week, DWS Municipal Income Trust and DWS Municipal Income Trust both had 1 articles in the media. DWS Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat MidCap Financial Investment's score of 1.67 indicating that DWS Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment DWS Municipal Income Trust 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive MidCap Financial Investment 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Do analysts rate KTF or MFIC? MidCap Financial Investment has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.31%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than DWS Municipal Income Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score DWS Municipal Income Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00MidCap Financial Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40 Is KTF or MFIC more profitable? MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 33.21% compared to DWS Municipal Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 10.66% beat DWS Municipal Income Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets DWS Municipal Income TrustN/A N/A N/A MidCap Financial Investment 33.21%10.66%4.52% Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in KTF or MFIC? 57.7% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of MidCap Financial Investment 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. Which has better earnings and valuation, KTF or MFIC? MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than DWS Municipal Income Trust. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioDWS Municipal Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AMidCap Financial Investment$301.78M3.82$98.82M$1.249.96 Which has more risk and volatility, KTF or MFIC? DWS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is KTF or MFIC a better dividend stock? DWS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 122.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SummaryMidCap Financial Investment beats DWS Municipal Income Trust on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get DWS Municipal Income Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for KTF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KTF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart KTF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricDWS Municipal Income TrustFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$339.24M$3.76B$12.02B$20.40BDividend Yield4.41%6.67%5.67%3.71%P/E RatioN/AN/A19.7629.02Price / SalesN/A30.0326.0757.01Price / CashN/A17.4518.0017.53Price / BookN/A1.082.184.53Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$999.86M$994.29M7 Day Performance1.76%-0.04%-2.11%-3.62%1 Month Performance-2.09%-1.13%-1.40%-2.71%1 Year Performance-11.76%0.65%540.87%10.16% DWS Municipal Income Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)KTFDWS Municipal Income TrustN/A$8.67+1.0%N/A-11.8%$339.24MN/A0.00N/APositive NewsUpcoming EarningsMFICMidCap Financial Investment2.1885 of 5 stars$12.91-0.9%$13.50+4.6%-7.8%$1.22B$301.78M10.41N/APositive NewsUpcoming EarningsNMFCNew Mountain Finance1.741 of 5 stars$10.55-0.4%$10.67+1.1%-14.6%$1.14B$118.17M10.55N/APositive NewsPFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.0775 of 5 stars$10.54-1.6%$10.96+4.0%-4.7%$1.05B$84.09M7.53658BBDCBarings Bdc2.4531 of 5 stars$9.43-1.6%$9.67+2.5%-6.0%$1.01B$286.17M10.0326Upcoming EarningsBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance2.1981 of 5 stars$15.13-1.0%$16.50+9.1%-9.6%$991.19M$292.65M8.701,000Upcoming EarningsAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$11.10+0.8%N/A+5.3%$949.39MN/A0.00N/ADividend AnnouncementHQHabrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$16.04-1.0%N/A-14.1%$872.03MN/A0.00147,000Positive NewsPHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.85+0.1%N/A+1.5%$830.02MN/A0.00147,000News CoverageCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending3.0103 of 5 stars$13.98-1.5%$15.25+9.1%-18.9%$723.59M$232.59M10.36N/APositive NewsUpcoming EarningsBTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$35.98+0.2%N/A+12.0%$709.14MN/A0.002,719Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies MFIC Alternatives NMFC Alternatives PFLT Alternatives BBDC Alternatives BCSF Alternatives AWF Alternatives HQH Alternatives PHK Alternatives CGBD Alternatives BTO Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:KTF) was last updated on 8/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThink you missed gold’s boom? 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