Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (PIM) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in MMU or PIM?

55.1% of Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MMU or PIM 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%. Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%.

Does the media refer more to MMU or PIM?

In the previous week, Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund and 1 mentions for Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust. Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund's score of 0.15 indicating that Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	Neutral
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, MMU or PIM?

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MMU or PIM?

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund received 75 more outperform votes than Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	Outperform Votes 90 68.18%	Underperform Votes 42 31.82%
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust	Outperform Votes 15 68.18%	Underperform Votes 7 31.82%

Is MMU or PIM more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MMU or PIM?

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
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust	$22.17M	7.08	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund beats Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.