EVN vs. AWF, ASA, DMF, DSM, LEO, FT, VPV, JHS, MXE, and CXH
Should you be buying Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust include AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BNY Mellon Municipal Income (DMF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV), John Hancock Income Securities Trust (JHS), Mexico Equity & Income Fund (MXE), and MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust (CXH). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (NYSE:AWF) and Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:EVN) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%.
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust received 10 more outperform votes than AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.38% of users gave AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 62.39% of users gave Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund and 1 mentions for Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust. AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund beats Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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