PMO vs. MHN, RFI, ASG, MIY, WHF, PPT, MIN, SOR, NCA, and PMM
Should you be buying Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust include BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), Source Capital (SOR), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), and Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (NYSE:PMO) and BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (NYSE:MHN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%.
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust received 11 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.40% of users gave Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust an outperform vote while only 66.07% of users gave BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund an outperform vote.
20.4% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.2% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund shares are owned by 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.
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund. BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust's score of 1.76 indicating that BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund beats Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PMO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
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