MUJ vs. PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, GAB, RVT, TY, CET, QQQX, and GAM
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund include 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), Tri-Continental (TY), Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), and General American Investors (GAM). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PTY) and BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (NYSE:MUJ) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund had 1 more articles in the media than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund and 1 mentions for PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund received 4 more outperform votes than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.97% of users gave BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund an outperform vote while only 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote.
10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund beats PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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