HF vs. MQY, CGBD, AMSF, PDM, BFS, OCFC, NXRT, BSIG, ARR, and SLRC
Should you be buying HFF stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HFF include BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), AMERISAFE (AMSF), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Saul Centers (BFS), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), BrightSphere Investment Group (BSIG), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), and SLR Investment (SLRC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) and HFF (NYSE:HF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
HFF received 176 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.45% of users gave HFF an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote.
25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of HFF shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of HFF shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
HFF has a net margin of 18.38% compared to HFF's net margin of 0.00%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's return on equity of 41.56% beat HFF's return on equity.
HFF has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund.
In the previous week, HFF had 3 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for HFF and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. HFF's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HFF has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
HFF beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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