SOR vs. PPT, MIY, HQL, KTF, MCI, MHN, PMO, WHF, MIN, and ASG
Should you be buying Source Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Source Capital include Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), and Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Putnam Premier Income Trust (NYSE:PPT) and Source Capital (NYSE:SOR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
42.8% of Putnam Premier Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Source Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 77.0% of Source Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Putnam Premier Income Trust has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Source Capital has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Putnam Premier Income Trust received 26 more outperform votes than Source Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.33% of users gave Source Capital an outperform vote while only 66.20% of users gave Putnam Premier Income Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Putnam Premier Income Trust and Putnam Premier Income Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Source Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Putnam Premier Income Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Putnam Premier Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Source Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Source Capital has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Source Capital beats Putnam Premier Income Trust on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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