MVT vs. MQT, TSI, FUND, BKN, BKT, VTN, TDF, IIF, OXSQ, and NPV
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniVest Fund II stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II include BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), 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), Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ), and Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV). 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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. BlackRock MuniVest Fund II pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II both had 2 articles in the media. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat BlackRock MuniVest Fund II's score of 1.18 indicating that BlackRock MuniVest Fund II is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
30.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II shares are held by company 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.
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.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniVest Fund II has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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