KTF vs. STEW, CET, QQQX, GAM, MFIC, MUC, SLRC, MQY, HQH, and MYI
Should you be buying DWS Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DWS Municipal Income Trust include SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), General American Investors (GAM), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
DWS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KTF) and SRH Total Return Fund (NYSE:STEW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
57.7% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
DWS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SRH Total Return Fund has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SRH Total Return Fund had 1 more articles in the media than DWS Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for SRH Total Return Fund and 1 mentions for DWS Municipal Income Trust. DWS Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat SRH Total Return Fund's score of 0.32 indicating that DWS Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DWS Municipal Income Trust received 112 more outperform votes than SRH Total Return Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
DWS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%.
Summary
DWS Municipal Income Trust beats SRH Total Return Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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