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Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund (MHF) Competitors

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$7.13 +0.01 (+0.14%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

MHF vs. VCV, VMO, VKQ, IQI, VGM, IIM, SBI, AMCR, GAM, and MQY

Should you be buying Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund include Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust (IIM), Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund (SBI), Amcor (AMCR), General American Investors (GAM), and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund vs.

Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:VCV) and Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund (NYSE:MHF) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Invesco California Value Municipal Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Western Asset Municipal High Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

18.8% of Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Invesco California Value Municipal Income TrustN/A N/A N/A
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund N/A N/A N/A

Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%.

In the previous week, Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund and 0 mentions for Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust. Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust received 132 more outperform votes than Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.59% of users gave Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 66.78% of users gave Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Invesco California Value Municipal Income TrustOutperform Votes
205
66.78%
Underperform Votes
102
33.22%
Western Asset Municipal High Income FundOutperform Votes
73
67.59%
Underperform Votes
35
32.41%

Summary

Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust beats Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MHF vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Asset Municipal High Income FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$8.28B$10.56B$19.88B
Dividend Yield5.02%6.46%10.15%3.52%
P/E RatioN/A0.4649.3442.94
Price / SalesN/A15.073,447.9319.18
Price / CashN/A6.9730.5017.86
Price / BookN/A0.902.765.52
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$995.76M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-0.01%-0.51%-0.07%0.45%
1 Month Performance-1.79%-1.92%7.25%1.05%
1 Year Performance12.73%11.36%24.60%24.67%

Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MHF
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund
N/A$7.13
+0.1%
N/A+12.8%$0.00N/A0.00N/ADividend Increase
News Coverage
VCV
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.24
-0.2%
N/A+12.4%$0.00N/A0.00N/A
VMO
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust
N/A$9.87
+0.1%
N/A+9.8%$0.00N/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
VKQ
Invesco Municipal Trust
N/A$9.96
+0.6%
N/A+10.1%$0.00N/A0.00147,000
IQI
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.98
+0.4%
N/A+10.6%$0.00N/A0.00147,000
VGM
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals
N/A$10.19
+0.1%
N/A+8.0%$0.00N/A0.00147,000
IIM
Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust
N/A$12.24
+0.1%
N/A+8.2%$0.00N/A0.00147,000
SBI
Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund
N/A$8.07
-0.2%
N/A+7.3%$0.00$5.83M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Positive News
AMCR
Amcor
2.9736 of 5 stars
$10.34
+4.6%
$10.94
+5.9%
+10.3%$14.94B$13.64B19.5041,000Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$49.57
-0.3%
N/A+19.1%$1.19BN/A0.003,313Ex-Dividend
Positive News
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$12.32
-0.2%
N/A+8.8%$900.35MN/A0.00N/A

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