BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO) Competitors $5.93 +0.04 (+0.70%) Closing price 08/29/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$5.94 +0.01 (+0.22%) As of 08/29/2025 04:19 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock LEO vs. CET, GSBD, MFIC, NMFC, BBDC, BCSF, PFLT, AWF, HQH, and PHKShould you be buying BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals include Central Securities (CET), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), BARINGS BDC (BBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals vs. Its Competitors Central Securities Goldman Sachs BDC MidCap Financial Investment New Mountain Finance BARINGS BDC Bain Capital Specialty Finance PennantPark Floating Rate Capital AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund abrdn Healthcare Investors PIMCO High Income Fund Central Securities (NYSE:CET) and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (NYSE:LEO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability. Which has higher valuation and earnings, CET or LEO? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCentral Securities$222.17M6.51N/AN/AN/ABNY Mellon Strategic Municipals$2.18M169.22N/AN/AN/A Is CET or LEO more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Central SecuritiesN/A N/A N/A BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals N/A N/A N/A Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CET or LEO? 8.7% of Central Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Central Securities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is CET or LEO a better dividend stock? Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Which has more risk & volatility, CET or LEO? Central Securities has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor CET or LEO? In the previous week, Central Securities and Central Securities both had 1 articles in the media. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals' score of 1.00 indicating that Central Securities is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Central Securities Very Positive BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals Positive SummaryCentral Securities beats BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks. Get BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LEO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. 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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 LEO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBNY Mellon Strategic MunicipalsFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$370.63M$3.93B$12.48B$21.33BDividend Yield1.94%6.20%5.43%3.50%P/E RatioN/AN/A228.5929.34Price / Sales169.2222.9931.6851.63Price / CashN/A18.0522.2324.03Price / BookN/A1.122.355.36Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$996.52M7 Day Performance0.78%0.49%0.24%0.34%1 Month Performance2.08%2.52%3.26%4.69%1 Year Performance-6.16%4.78%537.67%11.68% BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LEOBNY Mellon Strategic MunicipalsN/A$5.93+0.7%N/A-6.1%$370.63M$2.18M0.00147,000Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementCETCentral SecuritiesN/A$50.07+0.3%N/A+12.4%$1.45B$222.17M0.006News CoveragePositive NewsGSBDGoldman Sachs BDC1.3279 of 5 stars$11.36+0.4%$10.00-11.9%-18.6%$1.30B$161.13M9.02N/AMFICMidCap Financial Investment1.6378 of 5 stars$13.11+0.6%$13.30+1.5%-4.6%$1.22B$301.78M12.13N/APositive NewsNMFCNew Mountain Finance2.2628 of 5 stars$10.42+0.7%$10.75+3.2%-12.9%$1.11B$89.05M13.70N/APositive NewsBBDCBARINGS BDC2.2743 of 5 stars$9.81+0.7%$9.67-1.4%-1.0%$1.03B$286.17M10.2126BCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance2.2718 of 5 stars$15.51+0.7%$16.50+6.4%-6.8%$1.01B$292.65M9.351,000PFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.3413 of 5 stars$10.09+0.0%$10.88+7.8%-8.2%$1.00B$89.89M7.20658Positive NewsAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$11.27+0.2%N/A+1.3%$971.38MN/A0.00N/ANews CoverageDividend AnnouncementHQHabrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$16.27+0.6%N/A-13.8%$876.25MN/A0.00147,000Positive NewsPHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.92+0.3%N/A+2.5%$842.87MN/A0.00147,000News CoverageUpcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Central Securities Alternatives Goldman Sachs BDC Alternatives MidCap Financial Investment Alternatives New Mountain Finance Alternatives BARINGS BDC Alternatives Bain Capital Specialty Finance Alternatives PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Alternatives AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Alternatives abrdn Healthcare Investors Alternatives PIMCO High Income Fund 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:LEO) was last updated on 8/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersINVESTOR ALERT: Tiny “$3 AI Wonder Stock” on the Verge of Blasting OffRight now, we’re witnessing a monumental shift in the world.Traders Agency | SponsoredEveryone’s watching Nvidia right now. 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