BCAT vs. FTSM, CIBR, PDBC, FIXD, ACWX, ESGE, QTEC, ISTB, LMBS, and FV
Should you be buying BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust include First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF (FTSM), First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR), Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF (PDBC), First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (FIXD), iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (ACWX), iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (ESGE), First Trust NASDAQ 100 Technology Index Fund (QTEC), iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (ISTB), First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF (LMBS), and First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF (FV). These companies are all part of the "electronic computer manufacturing" industry.
First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF (NASDAQ:FTSM) and BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (NYSE:BCAT) are both manufacturing companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
36.1% of BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Given BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF is more favorable than BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust.
First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF has a beta of 0.03, meaning that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.8%. BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF received 88 more outperform votes than BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF and First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF both had 4 articles in the media. First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust's score of 1.61 indicating that BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust beats First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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