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MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF) Competitors

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$3.10 +0.01 (+0.32%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:33 PM ET)

MGF vs. MYN, TWN, KTF, HQL, MIY, ASG, SAR, MHN, MIN, and TPVG

Should you be buying MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Government Markets Income Trust include BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), The Taiwan Fund (TWN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), Saratoga Investment (SAR), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), and TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

MFS Government Markets Income Trust vs.

MFS Government Markets Income Trust (NYSE:MGF) and BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (NYSE:MYN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MFS Government Markets Income Trust$633.89K159.38N/AN/AN/A
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund$19.20M20.07N/AN/AN/A

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund received 145 more outperform votes than MFS Government Markets Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MFS Government Markets Income TrustN/AN/A
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality FundOutperform Votes
145
72.14%
Underperform Votes
56
27.86%

MFS Government Markets Income Trust has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, MFS Government Markets Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

MFS Government Markets Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MFS Government Markets Income TrustN/A N/A N/A
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund N/A N/A N/A

54.8% of MFS Government Markets Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.3% of BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund beats MFS Government Markets Income Trust on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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MGF vs. The Competition

MetricMFS Government Markets Income TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$101.03M$8.38B$10.30B$19.19B
Dividend Yield7.59%6.73%10.51%3.57%
P/E RatioN/A0.4446.8441.22
Price / Sales159.3814.623,168.2317.59
Price / CashN/A7.0330.7121.28
Price / BookN/A0.882.695.32
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.03B$989.67M
7 Day Performance-1.27%-2.96%-2.75%-3.45%
1 Month Performance0.32%-2.31%-2.70%-3.74%
1 Year Performance-3.88%3.73%10.70%12.06%

MFS Government Markets Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGF
MFS Government Markets Income Trust
N/A$3.10
+0.3%
N/A-3.4%$100.70M$633,885.000.00N/AEx-Dividend
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.37
flat
N/A-2.0%$397.28MN/A0.00N/APositive News
TWN
The Taiwan Fund
N/A$46.20
+1.0%
N/A+37.0%$393.16MN/A0.00N/ADividend Increase
Positive News
High Trading Volume
KTF
DWS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.81
-0.4%
N/A+7.3%$384.29M$14.44M0.00N/ADividend Cut
HQL
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$13.85
+0.1%
N/A+4.0%$378.80MN/A0.00N/A
MIY
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund
N/A$11.67
+0.2%
N/A-0.4%$342.69M$18.58M0.00N/A
ASG
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund
N/A$5.85
+0.3%
N/A+8.7%$340.69M$37.15M0.00N/APositive News
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.6532 of 5 stars
$24.18
+0.4%
$25.42
+5.1%
-6.7%$333.68M$143.72M15.743,211News Coverage
MHN
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.66
+0.1%
N/A-3.2%$322.36MN/A0.00N/APositive News
MIN
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
N/A$2.71
flat
N/A-3.6%$308.40MN/A0.00N/AEx-Dividend
TPVG
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC
0.9795 of 5 stars
$7.24
-7.8%
$7.70
+6.4%
-31.5%$289.96M$24.23M34.76N/AHigh Trading Volume

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