Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU) Competitors

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

Is GAM or MMU a better dividend stock?

General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GAM or MMU?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
General American Investors	$301.04M	4.18	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	$39.47M	14.27	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, GAM or MMU?

General American Investors has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GAM or MMU more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
General American Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GAM or MMU?

General American Investors received 5 more outperform votes than Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave General American Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
General American Investors	Outperform Votes 95 59.01%	Underperform Votes 66 40.99%
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	Outperform Votes 90 68.18%	Underperform Votes 42 31.82%

Does the media prefer GAM or MMU?

In the previous week, General American Investors had 3 more articles in the media than Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for General American Investors and 4 mentions for Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund's score of -0.12 indicating that General American Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
General American Investors	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in GAM or MMU?

36.8% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of General American Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

General American Investors beats Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.