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Ticker
MCR

Price
6.27
Stock movement down
-0.05 (-0.79%)
Company name
MFS Charter Income Trust
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Financial Services >
Asset Management
Market cap
261.39M
Ent value
358.97M
Price/Sales
7.81
Price/Book
0.93
Div yield
8.61%
Div growth
-8.46%
Growth years
-
FCF payout
209.93%
Trailing P/E
5.50
Forward P/E
29.86
PEG
-
EPS growth
-8.03%
1 year return (CAGR)
-2.34%
3 year return (CAGR)
-2.50%
5 year return (CAGR)
-7.04%
10 year return (CAGR)
-1.98%
Last updated: 2026-02-18

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DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share0.54
Dividend yield8.61%
Payout frequency-
Maximum yield9.40%
Average yield8.49%
Minimum yield7.19%
Discount to avg yield1.44%
Upside potential1.46%
Yield as % of max yield91.65%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield8.61%
Current yield distribution42.78%
Yield at 100% (Min)7.19%
Yield at 90%7.92%
Yield at 80%8.11%
Yield at 50% (Median)8.57%
Yield at 20%8.78%
Yield at 10%8.90%
Yield at 0% (Max)9.40%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth-
CCC status-
Dividend per share0.54
Payout frequency-
Ex-div date17 Feb 2026
EPS (TTM)1.14
EPS (1y forward)0.21
EPS growth (5y)-8.03%
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
MCRS&P500
DGR MR0.18%-13.74%
DGR TTM-0.95%6.60%
DGR 3 years-8.19%7.31%
DGR 5 years-8.46%4.69%
DGR 10 years-8.60%6.30%
DGR 15 years-3.54%8.16%
Time since last change announced48 days
EPS growth (5y)-8.03%
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM95.72%209.93%
Average--
Forward257.14%-

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E5.50
Price to OCF12.05
Price to FCF12.07
Price to EBITDA7.25
EV to EBITDA9.95

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales7.81
Price to Book0.93
EV to Sales10.72

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count41.69M
EPS (TTM)1.14
FCF per share (TTM)0.52

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)33.48M
Gross profit (TTM)32.79M
Operating income (TTM)51.73M
Net income (TTM)47.50M
EPS (TTM)1.14
EPS (1y forward)0.21

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)97.93%
Operating margin (TTM)154.51%
Profit margin (TTM)141.87%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash125.89K
Net receivables5.35M
Total current assets5.99M
Goodwill0.00
Intangible assets0.00
Property, plant and equipment0.00
Total assets379.06M
Accounts payable2.04M
Short/Current long term debt95.00M
Total current liabilities2.29M
Total liabilities97.71M
Shareholder's equity281.36M
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)21.68M
Capital expenditures (TTM)11.00
Free cash flow (TTM)21.66M
Dividends paid (TTM)45.47M

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity16.88%
Return on Assets12.53%
Return on Invested Capital16.88%
Cash Return on Invested Capital7.70%

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STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open6.28
Daily high6.30
Daily low6.25
Daily Volume86K
All-time high11.38
1y analyst estimate3.67
Beta0.71
EPS (TTM)1.14
Dividend per share0.54
Ex-div date17 Feb 2026
Next earnings date-

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
MCRS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-44.88%-1.82%
Highest price drop-50.24%-56.47%
Date of highest drop23 Oct 20239 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-24.01%-10.84%
Avg time to new high700 days12 days
Max time to new high9082 days1805 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
MCR (MFS Charter Income Trust) company logo
Marketcap
261.39M
Marketcap category
Small-cap
Description
MFS Charter Income Trust is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Massachusetts Financial Services Company. The fund invests in the fixed income markets across the globe. It invests primarily in corporate bonds of U.S. or foreign issuers, U.S. Government securities, foreign government securities, mortgage-backed, and other asset-backed securities of U.S. or foreign issuers, or debt instruments of issuers located in emerging market countries. The fund employs a combination of fundamental and quantitative analysis with bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolio. It seeks to benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against a combination of the Barclays U.S. High-Yield Corporate Bond 2% Issuer Capped Index, MFS Charter Income Trust Blended Index, Barclays U.S. Credit Bond Index, Barclays U.S. Government/Mortgage Bond Index, Citigroup World Government Bond Non-Dollar Hedged Index, and JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global. MFS Charter Income Trust was formed on July 20, 1989 and is domiciled in the United States.
Employees
0
Investor relations
-
SEC filings
CEO
Country
USA
City
Stock type
-
CCC status
-
Dividend Frequency
-
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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