BKN vs. MYI, PHK, NXP, MUJ, PEO, IFN, BTO, DSU, MYD, and RMT
Should you be buying BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust include BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), The India Fund (IFN), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), and Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (NYSE:MYI) and BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (NYSE:BKN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III both had 1 articles in the media. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's score of 0.34 indicating that BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
34.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III received 27 more outperform votes than BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.10% of users gave BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III an outperform vote.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III beats BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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