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Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO) Competitors

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$10.33 +0.03 (+0.29%)
As of 01/17/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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PMO vs. GAM, MQY, MYI, MMU, DOGZ, MYD, NQP, MUA, PPT, and RFI

Should you be buying Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust include General American Investors (GAM), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), and Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust vs.

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (NYSE:PMO) and General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) 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, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust received 27 more outperform votes than General American Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.40% of users gave Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave General American Investors an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Putnam Municipal Opportunities TrustOutperform Votes
122
67.40%
Underperform Votes
59
32.60%
General American InvestorsOutperform Votes
95
59.01%
Underperform Votes
66
40.99%

In the previous week, General American Investors had 1 more articles in the media than Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for General American Investors and 1 mentions for Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust's score of 0.80 indicating that General American Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
General American Investors
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust$69.50M4.73N/AN/AN/A
General American InvestorsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Putnam Municipal Opportunities TrustN/A N/A N/A
General American Investors N/A N/A N/A

20.4% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of General American Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of General American Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

General American Investors beats Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PMO vs. The Competition

MetricPutnam Municipal Opportunities TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$328.61M$8.70B$11.75B$19.93B
Dividend Yield4.08%6.85%5.83%3.71%
P/E RatioN/A0.4525.1241.38
Price / Sales4.7312.8228.3616.25
Price / CashN/A6.8017.2719.84
Price / BookN/A0.982.655.76
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.04B$993.25M
7 Day Performance3.51%2.03%2.92%3.12%
1 Month Performance1.08%1.39%0.91%4.75%
1 Year Performance1.47%6.38%14.70%18.83%

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PMO
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
N/A$10.33
+0.3%
N/A+1.5%$328.61M$69.50M0.00801
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$50.76
0.0%
N/A+22.6%$1.22B$301.04M0.003,313News Coverage
Positive News
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$11.56
-0.3%
N/A-1.3%$844.77M$43.54M0.00N/A
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$10.86
-0.4%
N/A-0.4%$739.16M$38.59M0.00147,000
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$10.10
-1.0%
N/A+3.6%$551.65M$39.47M0.00147,000
DOGZ
Dogness (International)
0.9164 of 5 stars
$41.40
-0.2%
N/A+438.7%$527.02M$14.85M0.00320Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
MYD
BlackRock MuniYield Fund
N/A$10.45
-0.4%
N/A+1.3%$487.58M$24.27M0.00147,000
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.18
-0.6%
N/A-1.6%$416.14M$32.93M0.00147,000
MUA
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund
N/A$10.72
-1.5%
N/A+3.6%$414.48M$46.97M0.00147,000
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.54
-0.3%
N/A-2.3%$340.79M$32.69M0.00N/APositive News
RFI
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund
N/A$11.59
+1.3%
N/A-0.2%$307.74M$19.06M0.00N/ADividend Announcement

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