MYN vs. HRZN, MCI, KTF, HQL, MUA, NQP, SOR, RMT, PPT, and MIY
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund include Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), Source Capital (SOR), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), and BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (NYSE:MYN) and Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Horizon Technology Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Horizon Technology Finance pays out -314.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Horizon Technology Finance.
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Horizon Technology Finance's net margin of -12.40%. Horizon Technology Finance's return on equity of 17.98% beat BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund's return on equity.
Horizon Technology Finance received 139 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.14% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave Horizon Technology Finance an outperform vote.
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horizon Technology Finance has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Horizon Technology Finance had 13 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Horizon Technology Finance and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund. BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Horizon Technology Finance's score of 0.09 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
29.3% of BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.9% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Horizon Technology Finance has a consensus price target of $10.38, suggesting a potential downside of 11.48%. Given Horizon Technology Finance's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Horizon Technology Finance is more favorable than BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund.
Summary
Horizon Technology Finance beats BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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