RMR vs. MYI, DCOM, PFLT, PFC, LPRO, AMTB, CTBI, PRA, HPP, and WRLD
Should you be buying The RMR Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The RMR Group include BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Premier Financial (PFC), Open Lending (LPRO), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), ProAssurance (PRA), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), and World Acceptance (WRLD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
The RMR Group (NASDAQ:RMR) and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (NYSE:MYI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
The RMR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. The RMR Group pays out 66.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
The RMR Group has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III.
The RMR Group has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The RMR Group has a net margin of 4.59% compared to BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III's net margin of 0.00%. The RMR Group's return on equity of 7.35% beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III's return on equity.
The RMR Group received 272 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.38% of users gave The RMR Group an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III an outperform vote.
In the previous week, The RMR Group had 3 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for The RMR Group and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III. The RMR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III's score of 0.34 indicating that The RMR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
42.3% of The RMR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.9% of The RMR Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The RMR Group presently has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.65%. Given The RMR Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe The RMR Group is more favorable than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III.
Summary
The RMR Group beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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