TDF vs. VTN, BKN, TSI, OXSQ, MVT, MQT, NPV, FUND, EMF, and VBF
Should you be buying Templeton Dragon Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Templeton Dragon Fund include Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF), and Invesco Bond Fund (VBF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Templeton Dragon Fund (NYSE:TDF) and Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (NYSE:VTN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals had 3 more articles in the media than Templeton Dragon Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals and 0 mentions for Templeton Dragon Fund. Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Templeton Dragon Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Templeton Dragon Fund has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
47.2% of Templeton Dragon Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.9% of Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals received 7 more outperform votes than Templeton Dragon Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.10% of users gave Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals an outperform vote while only 69.54% of users gave Templeton Dragon Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals beats Templeton Dragon Fund on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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