MUC vs. MFIC, QQQX, GAM, SLRC, MQY, HQH, CET, MYI, PHK, and NXP
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund include MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), General American Investors (GAM), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), Central Securities (CET), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) and BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (NYSE:MUC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 41.19% compared to MidCap Financial Investment's net margin of 0.00%. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's return on equity of 11.51% beat MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity.
MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund.
MidCap Financial Investment received 5 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of MidCap Financial Investment 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.
MidCap Financial Investment currently has a consensus price target of $15.04, indicating a potential downside of 2.58%. Given BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund.
MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 86.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MidCap Financial Investment has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. MidCap Financial Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat MidCap Financial Investment's score of -0.26 indicating that MidCap Financial Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
MidCap Financial Investment beats BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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