MGF vs. MYN, TYG, KTF, HQL, MCI, SOR, PPT, MIY, MHN, and PMO
Should you be buying MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Government Markets Income Trust include BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Source Capital (SOR), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), and Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
MFS Government Markets Income Trust (NYSE:MGF) and BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (NYSE:MYN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
54.8% of MFS Government Markets Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.3% of BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund 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.
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund received 145 more outperform votes than MFS Government Markets Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, MFS Government Markets Income Trust and MFS Government Markets Income Trust both had 2 articles in the media. MFS Government Markets Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund's score of 1.46 indicating that MFS Government Markets Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MFS Government Markets Income Trust has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MFS Government Markets Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%.
Summary
MFS Government Markets Income Trust and BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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