MQT vs. SLRC, MQY, HQH, MYI, PHK, NXP, MUJ, PEO, IFN, and BTO
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II include SLR Investment (SLRC), 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), The India Fund (IFN), and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (NYSE:MQT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
SLR Investment has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II.
SLR Investment received 281 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.97% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II an outperform vote while only 55.16% of users gave SLR Investment an outperform vote.
In the previous week, SLR Investment had 7 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for SLR Investment and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat SLR Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that SLR Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SLR Investment has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SLR Investment currently has a consensus price target of $14.80, suggesting a potential downside of 9.31%. Given BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe SLR Investment is more favorable than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II.
SLR Investment has a net margin of 41.66% compared to SLR Investment's net margin of 0.00%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II's return on equity of 9.51% beat SLR Investment's return on equity.
SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. SLR Investment pays out 92.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SLR Investment has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. SLR Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
35.3% of SLR Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of SLR Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
SLR Investment beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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