MVT vs. MQY, HQH, MYI, PHK, NXP, MUJ, PEO, BTO, IFN, and DSU
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniVest Fund II stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II include BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), 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), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), The India Fund (IFN), and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (NYSE:MVT) and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%.
34.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II received 55 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.74% of users gave BlackRock MuniVest Fund II an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniVest Fund II. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniVest Fund II. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat BlackRock MuniVest Fund II's score of 0.80 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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