Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, TY or MMU?

Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TY or MMU a better dividend stock?

Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%.

Does the media refer more to TY or MMU?

In the previous week, Tri-Continental and Tri-Continental both had 2 articles in the media. Tri-Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund's score of 1.00 indicating that Tri-Continental is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, TY or MMU?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tri-Continental	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TY or MMU?

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

Is TY or MMU more profitable?

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TY or MMU?

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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