DSU vs. MYD, VKQ, VGM, VCV, MVF, RMT, IFN, MUA, NQP, and MUJ
Should you be buying BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund include BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), The India Fund (IFN), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (NYSE:DSU) and BlackRock MuniYield Fund (NYSE:MYD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
24.3% of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Fund has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock MuniYield Fund received 47 more outperform votes than BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.40% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Fund an outperform vote while only 63.13% of users gave BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund an outperform vote.
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. BlackRock MuniYield Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%.
In the previous week, BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Fund. BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat BlackRock MuniYield Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund beats BlackRock MuniYield Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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