TYG vs. MVF, EMD, PUYI, DHF, PFLT, OXLC, MUC, FSCO, JRVR, and CSTR
Should you be buying Tortoise Energy Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure include BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD), Highest Performances (PUYI), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO), James River Group (JRVR), and CapStar Financial (CSTR).
BlackRock MuniVest Fund (NYSE:MVF) and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and profitability.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. BlackRock MuniVest Fund has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniVest Fund had 4 more articles in the media than Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BlackRock MuniVest Fund and 0 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat BlackRock MuniVest Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniVest Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
48.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure received 243 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniVest Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
BlackRock MuniVest Fund beats Tortoise Energy Infrastructure on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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