DTF vs. CEV, GCV, JEQ, NXC, SSSS, CEE, EEA, BCV, NMI, and NMT
Should you be buying DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund include Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (CEV), The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund (GCV), Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (JEQ), Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXC), SuRo Capital (SSSS), The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (CEE), The European Equity Fund (EEA), Bancroft Fund (BCV), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), and Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund (NYSE:DTF) and Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:CEV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
43.8% of DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%.
DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund received 76 more outperform votes than Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund beats Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.
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