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MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF) Competitors

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$3.08 -0.01 (-0.32%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

MGF vs. MCI, MYN, KTF, HQL, TWN, SAR, MIY, ASG, MHN, 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 Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), The Taiwan Fund (TWN), Saratoga Investment (SAR), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), 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 Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

MFS Government Markets Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%.

In the previous week, Barings Corporate Investors had 1 more articles in the media than MFS Government Markets Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Barings Corporate Investors and 0 mentions for MFS Government Markets Income Trust. MFS Government Markets Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Barings Corporate Investors'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
MFS Government Markets Income Trust Neutral
Barings Corporate Investors Neutral

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MFS Government Markets Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Barings Corporate InvestorsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

54.8% of MFS Government Markets Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MFS Government Markets Income TrustN/A N/A N/A
Barings Corporate Investors N/A N/A N/A

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, Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Barings Corporate Investors received 233 more outperform votes than MFS Government Markets Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MFS Government Markets Income TrustN/AN/A
Barings Corporate InvestorsOutperform Votes
233
75.65%
Underperform Votes
75
24.35%

Summary

Barings Corporate Investors beats MFS Government Markets Income Trust on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MGF vs. The Competition

MetricMFS Government Markets Income TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$100.70M$8.31B$10.41B$19.84B
Dividend Yield7.76%6.40%10.14%3.50%
P/E RatioN/A0.4647.1237.73
Price / SalesN/A24.163,443.7818.01
Price / CashN/A6.9930.7717.90
Price / BookN/A0.912.484.86
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$993.44M$985.93M
7 Day Performance0.16%-0.51%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance-4.64%-1.92%7.13%1.05%
1 Year Performance-0.65%11.36%24.11%24.67%

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$3.08
-0.3%
N/A-0.3%$100.70MN/A0.00N/A
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$19.74
-0.3%
N/A+15.5%$401.91MN/A0.00N/A
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.30
flat
N/A+7.4%$394.63MN/A0.00N/APositive News
KTF
DWS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.95
+0.1%
N/A+18.6%$391.73MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
HQL
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$14.29
+0.6%
N/A+17.4%$388.65MN/A0.00N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
TWN
The Taiwan Fund
N/A$43.04
-0.4%
N/A+34.4%$367.62MN/A0.00N/A
SAR
Saratoga Investment
2.0117 of 5 stars
$25.63
+0.8%
$25.42
-0.8%
+0.2%$350.95M$143.72M16.753,211
MIY
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund
N/A$11.62
+0.2%
N/A+8.7%$340.64MN/A0.00N/A
ASG
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund
N/A$5.68
+0.4%
N/A+14.7%$329.62MN/A0.00N/APositive News
MHN
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.63
flat
N/A+8.1%$321.32MN/A0.00N/A
TPVG
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC
1.6367 of 5 stars
$7.96
-0.4%
$7.85
-1.3%
-24.0%$319.59M$24.23M37.88N/AAnalyst Forecast
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:MGF) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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