DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF) Competitors $9.45 -0.01 (-0.11%) Closing price 04/4/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$9.45 0.00 (0.00%) As of 04/4/2025 04:05 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock KTF vs. GSBD, CET, MFIC, NMFC, BCSF, MUC, BBDC, PFLT, AWF, and CGBDShould you be buying DWS Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DWS Municipal Income Trust include Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Central Securities (CET), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Barings BDC (BBDC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), and Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. DWS Municipal Income Trust vs. Goldman Sachs BDC Central Securities MidCap Financial Investment New Mountain Finance Bain Capital Specialty Finance BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Barings BDC PennantPark Floating Rate Capital AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Carlyle Secured Lending Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) and DWS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KTF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk. 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 BDC17.01% 15.72% 7.08% DWS Municipal Income Trust N/A N/A N/A Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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 55.35% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGoldman Sachs BDCOutperform Votes27455.35% Underperform Votes22144.65% DWS Municipal Income TrustOutperform Votes11265.88% Underperform Votes5834.12% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GSBD or KTF? 28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. 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 12.1%. DWS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. 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. Which has more risk and volatility, GSBD or KTF? Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DWS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts recommend GSBD or KTF? Goldman Sachs BDC presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.47%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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) 2.00DWS Municipal Income Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GSBD or KTF? Goldman Sachs BDC has higher revenue and earnings than DWS Municipal Income Trust. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGoldman Sachs BDC$78.71M15.82$195.87M$0.5718.62DWS Municipal Income Trust$35.07M10.56N/AN/AN/A Does the media refer more to GSBD or KTF? In the previous week, DWS Municipal Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Goldman Sachs BDC. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for DWS Municipal Income Trust and 1 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC. DWS Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Goldman Sachs BDC's score of -0.98 indicating that DWS Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Goldman Sachs BDC 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Negative DWS Municipal Income Trust 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive SummaryGoldman Sachs BDC beats DWS Municipal Income Trust on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads 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 {thisCompany.Symbol} 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 TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$370.19M$7.25B$10.39B$17.79BDividend Yield6.71%6.77%5.41%3.79%P/E RatioN/A3.5621.4329.93Price / Sales10.5615.2425.0024.18Price / CashN/A7.5117.6317.53Price / BookN/A0.862.564.13Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance1.39%-4.44%-5.46%-8.72%1 Month Performance-1.72%-5.93%496.58%-10.82%1 Year Performance-1.31%-2.26%529.99%-5.33% DWS Municipal Income Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)KTFDWS Municipal Income TrustN/A$9.45-0.1%N/A-1.3%$370.19M$35.07M0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeGSBDGoldman Sachs BDC1.6886 of 5 stars$11.64-3.9%$13.00+11.7%-28.5%$1.36B$78.71M16.62N/AGap DownCETCentral SecuritiesN/A$44.96-0.1%N/A-0.2%$1.30B$296.20M0.006Positive NewsMFICMidCap Financial Investment3.4881 of 5 stars$12.86-1.4%$14.60+13.5%-22.0%$1.21B$110.35M8.24N/ANews CoverageNMFCNew Mountain Finance1.6824 of 5 stars$11.03-0.4%$11.00-0.3%-20.3%$1.19B$123.78M10.50N/ANews CoverageBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance2.7284 of 5 stars$16.61-0.6%$18.50+11.4%-2.5%$1.07B$138.19M8.341,000Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeMUCBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/A$10.73+0.3%N/A-2.5%$1.03B$38.10M0.00147,000Dividend AnnouncementNews CoverageBBDCBarings BDC2.0524 of 5 stars$9.52-1.0%$10.00+5.1%-5.8%$1.00B$123.59M9.1526PFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital2.254 of 5 stars$11.16-1.1%$12.00+7.6%-10.0%$981.15M$114.06M7.97658Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst UpgradeNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.75+0.2%N/A-5.0%$926.54M$152.17M0.00N/ANews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending1.7831 of 5 stars$16.18-3.2%$17.00+5.1%-8.6%$824.48M$99.28M9.04N/APositive NewsHigh Trading Volume Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GSBD Alternatives CET Alternatives MFIC Alternatives NMFC Alternatives BCSF Alternatives MUC Alternatives BBDC Alternatives PFLT Alternatives AWF Alternatives CGBD 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 4/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersFeds Just Admitted It—They Can Take Your CashThe Government Just Said Your Money Isn't Yours That's right—According to the DOJ, YOUR hard-earned money i...Priority Gold | Sponsored[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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