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MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF) Competitors

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$3.13 +0.04 (+1.42%)
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MGF vs. MYN, KTF, HQL, SAR, MIY, MHN, MIN, JOF, ASG, 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), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Saratoga Investment (SAR), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), 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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

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

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 pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%.

MFS Government Markets Income Trust has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MFS Government Markets Income Trust$6.74M15.19N/AN/AN/A
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund$19.20M19.81N/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, MFS Government Markets Income Trust and MFS Government Markets Income Trust both had 1 articles in the media. BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat MFS Government Markets Income Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Summary

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund beats MFS Government Markets Income Trust on 6 of the 8 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$102.33M$7.83B$11.25B$19.33B
Dividend Yield7.61%6.81%5.57%3.75%
P/E RatioN/A3.6922.6332.92
Price / Sales15.1916.0325.7226.59
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6117.54
Price / BookN/A0.952.744.52
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.64%-0.74%0.23%-1.37%
1 Month Performance0.64%-2.26%495.53%-4.11%
1 Year Performance-1.88%4.38%533.10%3.29%

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$3.13
+1.4%
N/A-2.8%$102.14M$6.74M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
Negative News
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.02
-0.5%
N/A-6.5%$383.90M$19.20M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
KTF
DWS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.40
+0.3%
N/A+3.6%$368.03M$35.07M0.00N/A
HQL
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$13.24
+0.7%
N/A-5.1%$361.99M$86.69M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.5173 of 5 stars
$24.66
+1.2%
$25.08
+1.7%
+10.3%$353.77M$46.93M9.943,211
MIY
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund
N/A$11.41
+0.3%
N/A-2.8%$335.06M$18.58M0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
MHN
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.31
-0.1%
N/A-4.2%$311.64M$13.59M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
MIN
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
N/A$2.69
+0.4%
N/A+0.6%$306.12M$27.88M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
JOF
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
N/A$8.43
flat
N/A+5.3%$296.94M$38.39M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
ASG
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund
N/A$5.07
+2.1%
N/A-9.2%$288.86M$51.46M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
TPVG
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC
0.5546 of 5 stars
$7.15
-0.5%
$7.45
+4.3%
-23.4%$286.78M$45.53M34.03N/A
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