Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Putnam Investment Management, LLC. More Details
Snowflake Analysis
Share Price & News
How has Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: PMO is less volatile than 75% of US stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 1% a week.
Volatility Over Time: PMO's weekly volatility (1%) has been stable over the past year.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
-2.6%
PMO
0.2%
US Capital Markets
-1.4%
US Market
1 Year Return
-1.3%
PMO
33.4%
US Capital Markets
37.1%
US Market
Return vs Industry: PMO underperformed the US Capital Markets industry which returned 29% over the past year.
Return vs Market: PMO underperformed the US Market which returned 34.1% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
PMO
Industry
Market
7 Day
-2.6%
0.2%
-1.4%
30 Day
-2.7%
7.6%
1.6%
90 Day
-0.2%
18.4%
7.3%
1 Year
3.7%-1.3%
36.8%33.4%
40.2%37.1%
3 Year
31.8%13.1%
41.4%30.9%
62.5%52.1%
5 Year
38.6%7.0%
152.2%120.9%
133.9%108.0%
Long-Term Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
Simply Wall St News
No news available
Valuation
Is Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
28.36x
Price to Earnings (PE) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: PMO ($13.36) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($1.51)
Significantly Below Fair Value: PMO is trading above our estimate of fair value.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: PMO is poor value based on its PE Ratio (28.4x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (23.8x).
PE vs Market: PMO is poor value based on its PE Ratio (28.4x) compared to the US market (21.5x).
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate PMO's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: PMO is good value based on its PB Ratio (1x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (10.6x).
Future Growth
How is Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
13.4%
Forecasted Diversified Financials industry annual growth in earnings
In this section we usually present revenue and earnings growth projections based on the consensus estimates of professional analysts to help investors understand the company’s ability to generate profit. But as Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust has not provided enough past data and has no analyst forecast, its future earnings cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst predictions.
This is quite a rare situation as 97% of companies covered by SimplyWall St do have past financial data.
Past Performance
How has Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust performed over the past 5 years?
-11.1%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: PMO has high quality earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: PMO's current net profit margins (74.9%) are lower than last year .
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: PMO's earnings have declined by 11.1% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: PMO's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: PMO had negative earnings growth (-70.4%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Capital Markets industry average (7.6%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: PMO's Return on Equity (3.1%) is considered low.
Financial Health
How is Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: PMO's short term assets ($8.0M) do not cover its short term liabilities ($10.4M).
Long Term Liabilities: PMO's short term assets ($8.0M) do not cover its long term liabilities ($57.6M).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: PMO's debt to equity ratio (9.7%) is considered satisfactory.
Reducing Debt: PMO's debt to equity ratio has increased from 6.1% to 9.7% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: Insufficient data to determine if PMO's debt is well covered by operating cash flow.
Interest Coverage: PMO earns more interest than it pays, so coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
Balance Sheet
Dividend
What is Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
4.77%
Current Dividend Yield
Upcoming Dividend Payment
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: PMO's dividend (4.77%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.34%).
High Dividend: PMO's dividend (4.77%) is in the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (3.75%)
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: PMO's dividend payments have been volatile in the past 10 years.
Growing Dividend: PMO's dividend payments have fallen over the past 10 years.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: With its high payout ratio (135.3%), PMO's dividend payments are not well covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to determine if a dividend will be paid in 3 years and that it will be covered by earnings.
Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
14.6yrs
Average board tenure
CEO
Bob Reynolds (68 yo)
no data
Tenure
Mr. Robert Lloyd Reynolds, also known as Bob, has been Chief Executive Officer and President at Putnam Investments LLC since March 2019. Mr. Reynolds had been Chief Executive Officer and President at Great...
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Robert Reynolds
Chief Executive Officer
no data
no data
no data
John Hill
35.92yrs
US$4.57k
no data
Jameson Baxter
Chairman
10.08yrs
US$4.97k
no data
Paul Joskow
Independent Trustee
23.92yrs
US$3.41k
no data
Robert Patterson
Independent Trustee
37.08yrs
US$4.03k
no data
George Putnam
Independent Trustee
37.08yrs
US$3.86k
no data
William Stephens
Independent Trustee
11.75yrs
US$3.43k
no data
Ravindranath Akhoury
Independent Trustee
12yrs
US$2.61k
no data
Barbara Baumann
Independent Trustee
11.08yrs
US$2.56k
no data
Charles Curtis
Independent Trustee
20.08yrs
US$3.33k
no data
Robert Darretta
Independent Trustee
14.08yrs
US$2.61k
no data
Kenneth Leibler
Independent Trustee
15.08yrs
US$2.82k
no data
14.6yrs
Average Tenure
73yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: PMO's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 14.6 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust's company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Putnam Investment Management, LLC. The fund is co-managed by Putnam Investments Limited. It invests i...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
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Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2021/02/25 00:00
End of Day Share Price
2021/02/24 00:00
Earnings
2020/10/31
Annual Earnings
2020/04/30
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.