MUA vs. GSBD, GAB, RVT, TY, CET, QQQX, GAM, MUC, MFIC, and SLRC
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniAssets Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund include Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), General American Investors (GAM), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), and SLR Investment (SLRC). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) and BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (NYSE:MUA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 93.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Goldman Sachs BDC has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Goldman Sachs BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Goldman Sachs BDC has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund.
Goldman Sachs BDC presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.15%. Given BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund.
In the previous week, Goldman Sachs BDC had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Goldman Sachs BDC's score of 0.00 indicating that Goldman Sachs BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniAssets Fund has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Goldman Sachs BDC received 178 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.61% of users gave BlackRock MuniAssets Fund an outperform vote while only 56.38% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC an outperform vote.
Goldman Sachs BDC has a net margin of 45.80% compared to Goldman Sachs BDC's net margin of 0.00%. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's return on equity of 15.68% beat Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity.
28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Goldman Sachs BDC beats BlackRock MuniAssets Fund on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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