PMO vs. MHN, ASG, RFI, MIN, MIY, WHF, NCA, PPT, SOR, and PMM
Should you be buying Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust include BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), Source Capital (SOR), and Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (NYSE:MHN) and Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (NYSE:PMO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking and risk.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust received 11 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.40% of users gave Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust an outperform vote while only 66.07% of users gave BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund. Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund's score of 1.09 indicating that BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
28.2% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust beats BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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