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MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF) Competitors

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$3.08 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 02/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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MGF vs. MYN, HQL, KTF, SAR, MIY, ASG, TWN, MHN, TPVG, and MIN

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), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Saratoga Investment (SAR), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), The Taiwan Fund (TWN), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), and MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

MFS Government Markets Income Trust vs.

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

In the previous week, BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund had 1 more articles in the media than MFS Government Markets Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund and 0 mentions for MFS Government Markets Income Trust. BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat MFS Government Markets Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. MFS Government Markets Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
MFS Government Markets Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

29.3% of BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of MFS Government Markets Income Trust 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 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.

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

Summary

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund beats MFS Government Markets Income Trust on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MGF vs. The Competition

MetricMFS Government Markets Income TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$100.38M$8.33B$11.67B$20.21B
Dividend Yield7.72%6.65%5.37%3.64%
P/E RatioN/A0.6722.9630.80
Price / SalesN/A15.6426.4615.58
Price / CashN/A7.5217.9020.60
Price / BookN/A1.042.594.90
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.65%-0.28%-1.40%-1.05%
1 Month Performance0.49%1.45%0.68%-1.09%
1 Year Performance-0.65%5.66%14.94%13.70%

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
flat
N/A-1.6%$100.38MN/A0.00N/AEx-Dividend
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.25
+0.0%
N/A-2.0%$392.52M$19.20M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
HQL
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$13.93
-0.7%
N/A+1.2%$380.86M$86.69M0.00N/A
KTF
DWS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.65
+0.2%
N/A+7.0%$377.80MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.5603 of 5 stars
$25.00
-1.7%
$25.08
+0.3%
+9.5%$358.65M$46.93M10.083,211Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
MIY
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund
N/A$11.55
-0.2%
N/A+1.4%$339.11MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
ASG
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund
N/A$5.67
-0.1%
N/A+1.0%$329.93MN/A0.00N/A
TWN
The Taiwan Fund
N/A$38.20
+1.8%
N/A-0.3%$325.16M$99.70M0.00N/APositive News
MHN
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.57
+0.3%
N/A-1.4%$319.66M$13.59M0.00N/APositive News
TPVG
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC
1.4191 of 5 stars
$7.78
+0.4%
$7.70
-1.1%
-26.3%$311.67M$137.49M37.06N/APositive News
MIN
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
N/A$2.70
-0.4%
N/A-2.4%$307.26MN/A0.00N/AEx-Dividend

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