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Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU) Competitors

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$9.92 0.00 (0.00%)
Closing price 08/5/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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MMU vs. TY, GAM, VMO, IIM, VGM, VKQ, IQI, VCV, NQP, and PPT

Should you be buying Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund include Tri Continental (TY), General American Investors (GAM), INV VK MUN OPP (VMO), Invvlu Mu Incm (IIM), Inv Vk Tr Inv (VGM), Inv Vk Mun Tr (VKQ), Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI), Inv Vk Ca Valu (VCV), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), and Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund vs. Its Competitors

Tri Continental (NYSE:TY) and Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (NYSE:MMU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tri ContinentalN/A N/A N/A
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund N/A N/A N/A

Tri Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%.

In the previous week, Tri Continental and Tri Continental both had 1 articles in the media. Tri Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund's score of 0.72 indicating that Tri Continental is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tri Continental
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

10.2% of Tri Continental shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Tri Continental shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Tri Continental has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tri ContinentalN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Western Asset Managed Municipals FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

Tri Continental beats Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund on 5 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MMU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MMU vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Asset Managed Municipals FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$541.82M$3.82B$12.10B$20.68B
Dividend Yield3.85%6.64%5.65%3.67%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.9029.31
Price / SalesN/A18.5526.0764.11
Price / CashN/A17.6721.3123.31
Price / BookN/A1.112.124.40
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.00B$995.90M
7 Day Performance0.66%0.74%0.35%0.27%
1 Month Performance-1.49%-0.49%0.13%0.39%
1 Year Performance-6.50%2.58%544.26%15.57%

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$9.92
flat
N/A-5.1%$541.82MN/A0.00147,000
TY
Tri Continental
N/A$32.49
+0.2%
N/A+8.8%$1.69BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$57.39
+0.7%
N/A+19.0%$1.35BN/A0.003,313News Coverage
Positive News
VMO
INV VK MUN OPP
N/A$9.20
+0.4%
N/A-9.2%$620.11MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
IIM
Invvlu Mu Incm
N/A$11.51
+0.4%
N/A-8.9%$541.52M$22.00M0.00147,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
VGM
Inv Vk Tr Inv
N/A$9.61
+0.3%
N/A-7.2%$520.88MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
VKQ
Inv Vk Mun Tr
N/A$9.22
+0.7%
N/A-8.5%$510.20M$20.67M0.00147,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
IQI
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.40
+0.1%
N/A-8.5%$496.81MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
VCV
Inv Vk Ca Valu
N/A$10.21
-0.3%
N/A-4.5%$489.45M$18.10M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$10.98
+0.5%
N/A-11.8%$408.70M$32.93M0.00147,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.67
+0.1%
N/A+2.2%$352.83MN/A0.00N/A

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