VKQ vs. USA, NUV, GSBD, RVT, TY, GAB, STEW, CET, QQQX, and GAM
Should you be buying Invesco Municipal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Invesco Municipal Trust include Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), and General American Investors (GAM). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) and Invesco Municipal Trust (NYSE:VKQ) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
10.0% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Invesco Municipal Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Invesco Municipal Trust shares are held 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.
In the previous week, Liberty All-Star Equity Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Invesco Municipal Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund and 2 mentions for Invesco Municipal Trust. Invesco Municipal Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's score of 0.68 indicating that Liberty All-Star Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Invesco Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Invesco Municipal Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund received 214 more outperform votes than Invesco Municipal Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Liberty All-Star Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 63.37% of users gave Invesco Municipal Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund beats Invesco Municipal Trust on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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