MQY vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, GAB, TY, and RVT
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund include Hercules Capital (HTGC), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), 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), Tri-Continental (TY), and Royce Value Trust (RVT). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 18.35% beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's return on equity.
Hercules Capital has a consensus target price of $18.56, suggesting a potential downside of 6.20%. Given Hercules Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 6 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hercules Capital and 3 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Hercules Capital's score of 1.29 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund.
Hercules Capital received 353 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.22% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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