VKQ vs. VFL, AWF, ASA, DSM, LEO, EVN, FT, INSI, VCV, and VMO
Should you be buying Invesco Municipal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Invesco Municipal Trust include abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Insight Select Income Fund (INSI), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), and Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Invesco Municipal Trust (NYSE:VKQ) and abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Invesco Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Invesco Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%.
Invesco Municipal Trust received 109 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Invesco Municipal Trust had 2 more articles in the media than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Invesco Municipal Trust and 1 mentions for abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. Invesco Municipal Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat abrdn National Municipal Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Invesco Municipal Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
32.0% of Invesco Municipal Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Invesco Municipal Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of abrdn National Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Invesco Municipal Trust beats abrdn National Municipal Income Fund on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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