MHF vs. VCV, VMO, VKQ, IQI, VGM, IIM, SBI, AMCR, TY, and GAM
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), Tri-Continental (TY), and General American Investors (GAM). 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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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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This page (NYSE:MHF) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
