Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO) Competitors $10.33 +0.03 (+0.29%) As of 01/17/2025 03:58 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends PMO vs. GAM, MQY, MYI, MMU, DOGZ, MYD, NQP, MUA, PPT, and RFIShould 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. General American Investors BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Dogness (International) BlackRock MuniYield Fund Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund BlackRock MuniAssets Fund Putnam Premier Income Trust Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund 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. Does the MarketBeat Community favor PMO or GAM? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPutnam Municipal Opportunities TrustOutperform Votes12267.40% Underperform Votes5932.60% General American InvestorsOutperform Votes9559.01% Underperform Votes6640.99% Does the media refer more to PMO or GAM? 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 Is PMO or GAM a better dividend stock? 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%. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PMO or GAM? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPutnam Municipal Opportunities Trust$69.50M4.73N/AN/AN/AGeneral American InvestorsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A Which has more risk and volatility, PMO or GAM? 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. Is PMO or GAM more profitable? 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 Do institutionals & insiders believe in PMO or GAM? 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. SummaryGeneral American Investors beats Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PMO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PMO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPutnam Municipal Opportunities TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$328.61M$8.70B$11.75B$19.93BDividend Yield4.08%6.85%5.83%3.71%P/E RatioN/A0.4525.1241.38Price / Sales4.7312.8228.3616.25Price / CashN/A6.8017.2719.84Price / BookN/A0.982.655.76Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.04B$993.25M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PMOPutnam Municipal Opportunities TrustN/A$10.33+0.3%N/A+1.5%$328.61M$69.50M0.00801GAMGeneral American InvestorsN/A$50.760.0%N/A+22.6%$1.22B$301.04M0.003,313News CoveragePositive NewsMQYBlackRock MuniYield Quality FundN/A$11.56-0.3%N/A-1.3%$844.77M$43.54M0.00N/AMYIBlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund IIIN/A$10.86-0.4%N/A-0.4%$739.16M$38.59M0.00147,000MMUWestern Asset Managed Municipals FundN/A$10.10-1.0%N/A+3.6%$551.65M$39.47M0.00147,000DOGZDogness (International)0.9164 of 5 stars$41.40-0.2%N/A+438.7%$527.02M$14.85M0.00320Short Interest ↓News CoverageMYDBlackRock MuniYield FundN/A$10.45-0.4%N/A+1.3%$487.58M$24.27M0.00147,000NQPNuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income FundN/A$11.18-0.6%N/A-1.6%$416.14M$32.93M0.00147,000MUABlackRock MuniAssets FundN/A$10.72-1.5%N/A+3.6%$414.48M$46.97M0.00147,000PPTPutnam Premier Income TrustN/A$3.54-0.3%N/A-2.3%$340.79M$32.69M0.00N/APositive NewsRFICohen & Steers Total Return Realty FundN/A$11.59+1.3%N/A-0.2%$307.74M$19.06M0.00N/ADividend Announcement Related Companies and Tools Related Companies General American Investors Alternatives BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund Alternatives BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III Alternatives Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Alternatives Dogness (International) Alternatives BlackRock MuniYield Fund Alternatives Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund Alternatives BlackRock MuniAssets Fund Alternatives Putnam Premier Income Trust Alternatives Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:PMO) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBill Gates’ is about to mint millionaires (again) with Stargate.This little-known project that Bill Gates has been quietly working on that’s about to unleash an AI breakthrou...Brownstone Research | Sponsored$2 Trillion Disappears Because of Fed's Secretive New Move$2 trillion has disappeared from the US government's books. 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