MQY vs. SLRC, HQH, MYI, MFIC, PHK, NXP, VMO, GAM, QQQX, and MUJ
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund include SLR Investment (SLRC), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), General American Investors (GAM), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) and SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of SLR Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of SLR Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
SLR Investment received 259 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote while only 55.24% of users gave SLR Investment an outperform vote.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. SLR Investment pays out 92.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLR Investment has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SLR Investment has a net margin of 41.66% compared to BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's net margin of 0.00%. SLR Investment's return on equity of 9.51% beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's return on equity.
In the previous week, SLR Investment had 8 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for SLR Investment and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. SLR Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's score of 0.50 indicating that SLR Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SLR Investment has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.55%. Given SLR Investment's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SLR Investment is more favorable than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund.
SLR Investment has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund.
Summary
SLR Investment beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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