Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund (MHF) Competitors

Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund (NYSE:MHF) and Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (NYSE:MMU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, MHF or MMU?

Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MHF or MMU?

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund received 17 more outperform votes than Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.18% of users gave Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund an outperform vote while only 67.59% of users gave Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund	Outperform Votes 73 67.59%	Underperform Votes 35 32.41%
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	Outperform Votes 90 68.18%	Underperform Votes 42 31.82%

Is MHF or MMU more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is MHF or MMU a better dividend stock?

Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%.

Does the media prefer MHF or MMU?

In the previous week, Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund had 4 more articles in the media than Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund and 2 mentions for Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund. Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund's score of 1.00 indicating that Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund	Positive
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, MHF or MMU?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund	$18.42M	8.74	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	$60.65M	9.20	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund beats Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.