MQY vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, GAB, RVT, and TY
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund include Hercules Capital (HTGC), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), and Tri-Continental (TY). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to Hercules Capital's net margin of 0.00%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's return on equity of 18.35% beat Hercules Capital's return on equity.
19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 13 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hercules Capital and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Hercules Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hercules Capital received 353 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.22% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote.
Hercules Capital presently has a consensus price target of $18.56, indicating a potential downside of 4.42%. Given BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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