RMT vs. VCV, MVF, NQP, MYD, MUA, HRZN, DSU, MYN, VGM, and VKQ
Should you be buying Royce Micro-Cap Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royce Micro-Cap Trust include Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), and Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Royce Micro-Cap Trust (NYSE:RMT) and Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:VCV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.
Royce Micro-Cap Trust has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust received 119 more outperform votes than Royce Micro-Cap Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.25% of users gave Royce Micro-Cap Trust an outperform vote while only 66.78% of users gave Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote.
Royce Micro-Cap Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%.
35.0% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.8% of Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Royce Micro-Cap Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Royce Micro-Cap Trust and 1 mentions for Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust. Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Royce Micro-Cap Trust's score of 1.47 indicating that Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Royce Micro-Cap Trust beats Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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