DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF) Competitors

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) and DWS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:KTF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, TYG or KTF?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DWS Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TYG or KTF?

In the previous week, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure both had 1 articles in the media. DWS Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's score of 1.48 indicating that Tortoise Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
DWS Municipal Income Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TYG or KTF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A
DWS Municipal Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TYG or KTF?

32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of DWS Municipal Income Trust 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.

Do analysts rate TYG or KTF?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
DWS Municipal Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher valuation & earnings, TYG or KTF?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
DWS Municipal Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is TYG or KTF a better dividend stock?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. DWS Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. DWS Municipal Income Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TYG or KTF?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure received 131 more outperform votes than DWS Municipal Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.43% of users gave Tortoise Energy Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 65.88% of users gave DWS Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 243 69.43%	Underperform Votes 107 30.57%
DWS Municipal Income Trust	Outperform Votes 112 65.88%	Underperform Votes 58 34.12%

Summary

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure beats DWS Municipal Income Trust on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.