KSM vs. HRZN, MYN, HQL, TYG, KTF, SOR, MCI, PPT, MIY, and MHN
Should you be buying DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust include Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Source Capital (SOR), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KSM) and Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
Horizon Technology Finance received 199 more outperform votes than DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.93% of users gave DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave Horizon Technology Finance an outperform vote.
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Horizon Technology Finance.
53.8% of DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.9% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Horizon Technology Finance's net margin of -12.40%. Horizon Technology Finance's return on equity of 17.98% beat DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust's return on equity.
Horizon Technology Finance has a consensus price target of $10.38, suggesting a potential downside of 13.90%. Given Horizon Technology Finance's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Horizon Technology Finance is more favorable than DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust.
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Horizon Technology Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Horizon Technology Finance pays out -314.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horizon Technology Finance has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust and DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust both had 3 articles in the media. Horizon Technology Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Horizon Technology Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Horizon Technology Finance beats DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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