MVF vs. NUV, GSBD, GAB, TY, RVT, STEW, CET, QQQX, GAM, and MFIC
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniVest Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniVest Fund include Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Tri-Continental (TY), Royce Value Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), General American Investors (GAM), and MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund (NYSE:MVF) and Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NUV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund received 131 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniVest Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
48.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniVest Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Value Fund and 3 mentions for BlackRock MuniVest Fund. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat BlackRock MuniVest Fund's score of 1.10 indicating that Nuveen Municipal Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BlackRock MuniVest Fund and Nuveen Municipal Value Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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