MQT vs. MVT, TSI, FUND, BKN, BKT, VTN, TDF, IIF, ZTR, and OXSQ
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II include BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF), Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund (ZTR), and Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (NYSE:MQT) and BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (NYSE:MVT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniVest Fund II had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BlackRock MuniVest Fund II and 3 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II. BlackRock MuniVest Fund II's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II's score of 0.51 indicating that BlackRock MuniVest Fund II is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniVest Fund II has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. BlackRock MuniVest Fund II pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%.
30.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II received 77 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.74% of users gave BlackRock MuniVest Fund II an outperform vote while only 70.97% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II an outperform vote.
Summary
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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