SOR vs. PPT, MIY, KTF, MHN, MCI, PMO, TYG, HQL, RFI, and ASG
Should you be buying Source Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Source Capital include Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), and Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Putnam Premier Income Trust (NYSE:PPT) and Source Capital (NYSE:SOR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Putnam Premier Income Trust received 26 more outperform votes than Source Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.33% of users gave Source Capital an outperform vote while only 66.20% of users gave Putnam Premier Income Trust an outperform vote.
Putnam Premier Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Source Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Putnam Premier Income Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Source Capital has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Source Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Putnam Premier Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Source Capital and 0 mentions for Putnam Premier Income Trust. Putnam Premier Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Source Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Source Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
42.8% of Putnam Premier Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of Source Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 77.0% of Source Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Putnam Premier Income Trust has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Source Capital has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Source Capital beats Putnam Premier Income Trust on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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