MGF vs. SWZ, KSM, NMT, PCM, PFO, ECF, NIM, NMI, CXE, and PCF
Should you be buying MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Government Markets Income Trust include The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (KSM), Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT), PCM Fund (PCM), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO), Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF), Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE), and High Income Securities Fund (PCF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
The Swiss Helvetia Fund (NYSE:SWZ) and MFS Government Markets Income Trust (NYSE:MGF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.
The Swiss Helvetia Fund has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Government Markets Income Trust has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Swiss Helvetia Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. MFS Government Markets Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. The Swiss Helvetia Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
41.1% of The Swiss Helvetia Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of MFS Government Markets Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of The Swiss Helvetia Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MFS Government Markets Income Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The Swiss Helvetia Fund.
In the previous week, The Swiss Helvetia Fund had 1 more articles in the media than MFS Government Markets Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The Swiss Helvetia Fund and 1 mentions for MFS Government Markets Income Trust. The Swiss Helvetia Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat MFS Government Markets Income Trust's score of 0.17 indicating that MFS Government Markets Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Swiss Helvetia Fund received 149 more outperform votes than MFS Government Markets Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
The Swiss Helvetia Fund beats MFS Government Markets Income Trust on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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