DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF) Competitors

Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) and DWS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KTF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Which has more volatility & risk, GSBD or KTF?

Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DWS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GSBD or KTF?

In the previous week, Goldman Sachs BDC had 13 more articles in the media than DWS Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC and 1 mentions for DWS Municipal Income Trust. Goldman Sachs BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat DWS Municipal Income Trust's score of 0.62 indicating that Goldman Sachs BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Goldman Sachs BDC	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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)	Positive

Is GSBD or KTF a better dividend stock?

Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. DWS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 224.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GSBD or KTF?

Goldman Sachs BDC received 162 more outperform votes than DWS Municipal Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.88% of users gave DWS Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote while only 55.58% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Goldman Sachs BDC	Outperform Votes 274 55.58%	Underperform Votes 219 44.42%
DWS Municipal Income Trust	Outperform Votes 112 65.88%	Underperform Votes 58 34.12%

Do analysts prefer GSBD or KTF?

Goldman Sachs BDC presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.96%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than DWS Municipal Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Goldman Sachs BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
DWS Municipal Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, GSBD or KTF?

Goldman Sachs BDC has higher revenue and earnings than DWS Municipal Income Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Goldman Sachs BDC	$78.71M	18.64	$195.87M	$0.57	21.94
DWS Municipal Income Trust	$35.07M	10.74	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is GSBD or KTF more profitable?

Goldman Sachs BDC has a net margin of 17.01% compared to DWS Municipal Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity of 15.72% beat DWS Municipal Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Goldman Sachs BDC	17.01%	15.72%	7.08%
DWS Municipal Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GSBD or KTF?

28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Goldman Sachs BDC beats DWS Municipal Income Trust on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.