Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU) Competitors

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

Is MMU or TY a better dividend stock?

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MMU or TY?

10.2% of Tri-Continental shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Tri-Continental shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, MMU or TY?

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MMU or TY more profitable?

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, MMU or TY?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	$60.65M	9.20	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tri-Continental	$321.66M	5.13	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MMU or TY?

Tri-Continental received 133 more outperform votes than Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.02% of users gave Tri-Continental an outperform vote while only 68.18% of users gave Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	Outperform Votes 90 68.18%	Underperform Votes 42 31.82%
Tri-Continental	Outperform Votes 223 71.02%	Underperform Votes 91 28.98%

Does the media favor MMU or TY?

In the previous week, Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund and Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund both had 2 articles in the media. Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Tri-Continental's score of 0.56 indicating that Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	Positive
Tri-Continental	Positive

Summary

Tri-Continental beats Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.