MIY vs. CET, QQQX, GAM, MUC, MFIC, SLRC, MQY, HQH, MYI, and PHK
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund include Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), General American Investors (GAM), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Central Securities (NYSE:CET) and BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (NYSE:MIY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund received 82 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users.
Central Securities has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Central Securities had 4 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Central Securities and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund's score of -0.16 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
8.7% of Central Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of Central Securities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%.
Summary
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund beats Central Securities on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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