MIN vs. WHF, ASG, NCA, RFI, PMM, PMO, MHN, MMT, MIY, and RCS
Should you be buying MFS Intermediate Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Intermediate Income Trust include WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), and PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF) and MFS Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE:MIN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
WhiteHorse Finance received 171 more outperform votes than MFS Intermediate Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.76% of users gave MFS Intermediate Income Trust an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave WhiteHorse Finance an outperform vote.
WhiteHorse Finance currently has a consensus target price of $12.81, suggesting a potential downside of 2.05%. Given MFS Intermediate Income Trust's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than MFS Intermediate Income Trust.
WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Intermediate Income Trust has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, WhiteHorse Finance had 4 more articles in the media than MFS Intermediate Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance and 0 mentions for MFS Intermediate Income Trust. WhiteHorse Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat MFS Intermediate Income Trust's score of -0.49 indicating that MFS Intermediate Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. MFS Intermediate Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. WhiteHorse Finance pays out 187.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. WhiteHorse Finance has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. WhiteHorse Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
WhiteHorse Finance has a net margin of 18.40% compared to WhiteHorse Finance's net margin of 0.00%. MFS Intermediate Income Trust's return on equity of 13.40% beat WhiteHorse Finance's return on equity.
WhiteHorse Finance has higher revenue and earnings than MFS Intermediate Income Trust.
Summary
WhiteHorse Finance beats MFS Intermediate Income Trust on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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