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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MMU or TY?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, MMU or TY?

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% 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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MMU or TY?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	$60.65M	8.74	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tri-Continental	$321.66M	4.78	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to MMU or TY?

In the previous week, Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund and 2 mentions for Tri-Continental. Tri-Continental's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund's score of 0.15 indicating that Tri-Continental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tri-Continental	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 6.2%. Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%.

Summary

Tri-Continental beats Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.