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DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF) Competitors

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$9.43 -0.03 (-0.32%)
(As of 12:08 PM ET)

KTF vs. CET, MFIC, NMFC, BCSF, BBDC, AWF, CGBD, HQH, PHK, and BTO

Should you be buying DWS Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DWS Municipal Income Trust include Central Securities (CET), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

DWS Municipal Income Trust vs.

DWS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KTF) and Central Securities (NYSE:CET) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
DWS Municipal Income Trust$14.44M25.58N/AN/AN/A
Central Securities$300.48M4.29N/AN/AN/A

DWS Municipal Income Trust received 112 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DWS Municipal Income TrustOutperform Votes
112
65.88%
Underperform Votes
58
34.12%
Central SecuritiesN/AN/A

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
DWS Municipal Income TrustN/A N/A N/A
Central Securities N/A N/A N/A

57.7% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Central Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Central Securities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

DWS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%.

In the previous week, DWS Municipal Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Central Securities. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for DWS Municipal Income Trust and 0 mentions for Central Securities. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat DWS Municipal Income Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that Central Securities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
DWS Municipal Income Trust Negative
Central Securities Neutral

DWS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Securities has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

DWS Municipal Income Trust beats Central Securities on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KTF vs. The Competition

MetricDWS Municipal Income TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$369.40M$8.36B$11.40B$19.10B
Dividend Yield6.78%6.84%5.69%3.63%
P/E RatioN/A0.4524.9640.30
Price / Sales25.5815.2726.8918.59
Price / CashN/A7.0318.5321.25
Price / BookN/A0.892.605.26
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.04B$988.83M
7 Day Performance-0.11%-0.08%0.30%0.44%
1 Month Performance-6.26%-4.38%-4.15%-5.30%
1 Year Performance6.07%3.08%10.71%11.36%

DWS Municipal Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KTF
DWS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.43
-0.3%
N/A+6.5%$369.40M$14.44M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
Negative News
CET
Central Securities
N/A$45.68
+0.3%
N/A+21.4%$1.30B$300.48M0.006
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
1.7533 of 5 stars
$13.42
flat
$14.71
+9.6%
-1.0%$1.26B$121.29M8.60N/AShort Interest ↑
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.5127 of 5 stars
$11.10
-1.5%
$11.00
-0.9%
-11.9%$1.20B$124.62M10.57N/A
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.0256 of 5 stars
$17.29
+0.3%
$17.00
-1.7%
+17.5%$1.12B$146.71M8.691,000Short Interest ↑
BBDC
Barings BDC
1.8153 of 5 stars
$9.41
flat
$10.00
+6.3%
+11.0%$993.31M$127.89M8.7126Short Interest ↑
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.57
-0.1%
N/A+4.7%$911.45M$152.17M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.5144 of 5 stars
$17.90
-0.6%
$16.67
-6.9%
+22.2%$911.22M$107.43M10.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$16.33
+0.2%
N/A-0.8%$826.71M$186.46M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.89
+0.2%
N/A-2.2%$714.57M$92.95M0.00147,000Negative News
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$35.14
+0.6%
N/A+18.3%$693.73M$132.65M0.002,719Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:KTF) was last updated on 12/30/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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