DIN vs EVN Comparison

Dine Brands Global Inc owns and franchises thousands of restaurants under the Applebee's and International House of Pancakes names. Almost all company restaurants are located in the United States and franchised. Royalty revenue, which the company gets from franchisees based on franchisees' sales, accounts for roughly three-quarters of total company revenue. The company also earns revenue by leasing restaurant sites to franchisees. The company has four reportable segments Franchise operations, (an aggregation of Applebee's and IHOP franchise operations), Rental operations, Financing operations and Company-operated restaurant operations. The majority of revenue is derived from the Franchise operations segment.

Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust is a United States-based diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax. The trust's portfolio of investments majorly consists of debt instruments of governments, municipal organizations the interest on which is exempt from regular federal income tax and has also some exposure to corporate bonds and other instruments.