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MFS Charter Income

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MFS Charter Income

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FinancialsClosed End Investments
  • Price (USD)6.27
  • Today's Change-0.005 / -0.08%
  • Shares traded86.00k
  • 1 Year change-2.79%
  • Beta0.7048
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About the company

MFS Charter Income Trust (the Fund) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek high current income, but also consider capital appreciation. The Fund primarily invests in debt instruments. It also invests in corporate bonds of the United States and/or foreign issuers, United States government securities, foreign government securities, mortgage-backed securities and other securitized instruments of the United States and/or foreign issuers, and/or debt instruments of issuers located in emerging market countries. It invests in a range of fixed income sectors, such as high-yield corporates, emerging markets bonds, investment grade corporates, Non-United States government bonds, commercial mortgage-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations, municipal bonds, asset-backed securities, and the United States treasury securities. The Fund's investment advisor is Massachusetts Financial Services Company.

  • Revenue in USD (TTM)--
  • Net income in USD--
  • Incorporated1989
  • Employees--
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Peer analysis

Key Information
CompanyRevenue (TTM)Net income (TTM)Market capEmployeesPrice/earnings (TTM)Price/book value (MRQ)Price/cash flow (TTM)Price/sales (TTM)EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM)EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM)Revenue per share (TTM)Book value per share (MRQ)Asset turnover (TTM)Inventory turnover (TTM)Receivables turnover (TTM)Revenues per employee (TTM)Return on avg assets (TTM)Return on avg assets (5 yr avg)Return on investment (TTM)Return on investment (5 yr avg)Gross margin (TTM)Gross margin
(5 yr avg)
Net profit margin (TTM)Net Profit margin
(5 yr avg)
Quick ratio (MRQ)Interest coverage (TTM)Total debt to capital (MRQ)Payout ratio
(5 yr avg)
Revenue
(YOY change %)
Revenue
(5 yr growth rate)
Net income
(YOY change %)
Net income
(5 yr growth rate)
Capital expenditure
(5 yr growth rate)
Dividend
(5 yr growth rate)
Clough Global Opportunities Fund7.79m47.87m257.03m--5.370.9118--33.001.121.120.18216.590.0199--4.73--12.22-0.043714.41-0.05-6.53-35.04614.60-2.68----0.3272---11.38-2.98-22.868.39---12.45
First Trust Senior Fltng Rate Incm Fd II-100.00bn-100.00bn258.27m--------------------------------------------------------------
Nuveen Amt-Free Municipal Value Fund12.32m9.00m259.04m--28.780.9546--21.030.50140.50140.686115.120.0423--13.24--3.091.203.171.2184.3784.0473.0831.01--7.980.0716287.339.755.83-66.818.50--4.03
Art Technology Acquisition Corp-100.00bn-100.00bn260.21m-----------------0.0008--------------------------------------------
Oaktree Acquisition III Life Scincs Corp-100.00bn-100.00bn261.31m-----------------0.0002--------------------------------------------
Allspring Global Dividend Opportunty Fnd13.37m60.58m261.84m--4.320.9447--19.591.411.410.31046.440.0432--5.64--19.5912.5119.8612.6460.5163.66453.26279.85----0.146360.41-1.114.12-2.76-----2.10
Cohen & Strs Rl Est Opprtnts ad Incm Fnd16.35m28.50m263.04m--9.230.9774--16.091.701.700.977916.090.0399--6.13--6.96--10.68--27.50--174.31------0.3438---3.73---33.60------
MFS Multimarket Income Trust-100.00bn-100.00bn263.09m--------------------------------------------------------------
MFS Charter Income Trust-100.00bn-100.00bn263.47m--------------------------------------------------------------
Allspring Multi-Sector Income Fund-100.00bn-100.00bn263.71m--------------------------------------------------------------
Cantor Equity Partners I Inc0.004.11m266.09m--64.691.30----0.16130.16130.008.020.00------4.00--4.01--------------0.00-------2,332.28------
Dynamix Corp III-100.00bn-100.00bn266.99m-----------------0.0079----------------------------1.43--------------
Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund3.01m37.44m267.11m--7.221.00--88.822.182.180.175215.660.0117--23.85--14.5211.0314.8911.0821.6836.691,245.03741.43----0.0075.93-3.38-4.6639.401.01--5.06
Hennessy Capital Investment Corp VII-100.00bn-100.00bn268.04m----1.43----------7.22----------------------------0.00--------------
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund, Inc29.60m31.35m268.67m--8.571.27--9.080.67080.67080.63344.540.0338--0.113--3.581.4014.786.0875.5277.07105.9349.07----0.3235193.288.18-5.642.33-----5.49
Blackrock Income Trust Inc14.57m19.70m270.12m--13.300.9431--18.540.83620.83620.632211.790.0372--4.26--5.03-1.137.21-1.9064.6270.85135.20-35.97----0.1918---3.95-9.34-80.72-37.29---3.09
Data as of Feb 17 2026. Currency figures normalised to MFS Charter Income's reporting currency: US Dollar USD

Institutional shareholders

36.86%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (Investment Management)as of 31 Dec 20256.63m15.90%
Sit Investment Associates, Inc.as of 31 Dec 20253.99m9.58%
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLCas of 31 Dec 20251.47m3.53%
Allspring Global Investments LLCas of 31 Dec 20251.28m3.06%
Invesco Capital Management LLCas of 30 Sep 2025524.97k1.26%
Shaker Financial Services LLCas of 31 Dec 2025400.84k0.96%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (Invt Mgmt)as of 30 Sep 2025360.63k0.87%
Advisor Partners II LLCas of 31 Dec 2025352.61k0.85%
Riverbridge Partners LLCas of 31 Dec 2025193.34k0.46%
Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLCas of 31 Dec 2025165.18k0.40%
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