SOR vs. PPT, MIY, TYG, MHN, KTF, PMO, HQL, MCI, ASG, and RFI
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), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), and Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
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 5.7%. Putnam Premier Income Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Source Capital has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Source Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Putnam Premier Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Source Capital and 0 mentions for Putnam Premier Income Trust. Source Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Putnam Premier Income Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that Putnam Premier Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
42.8% of Putnam Premier Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of Source Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 77.0% of Source Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Putnam Premier Income Trust has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Source Capital has a beta of 0.67, suggesting 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.
Summary
Putnam Premier Income Trust and Source Capital tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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