Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM) Competitors

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) and Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:PMM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MQY or PMM?

25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings & valuation, MQY or PMM?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund	$43.54M	20.91	N/A	N/A	N/A
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust	$20.16M	14.44	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate MQY or PMM?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, MQY or PMM?

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MQY or PMM a better dividend stock?

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%.

Does the media favor MQY or PMM?

In the previous week, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund and 2 mentions for Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust's score of 1.33 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MQY or PMM?

Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust received 6 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.91% of users gave Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund	Outperform Votes 110 63.22%	Underperform Votes 64 36.78%
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust	Outperform Votes 116 65.91%	Underperform Votes 60 34.09%

Is MQY or PMM more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund beats Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.