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Sprott Focus Trust (FUND) Competitors

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FUND vs. MQY, MYI, VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, VKQ, VCV, IQI, and MYD

Should you be buying Sprott Focus Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sprott Focus Trust include BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust (IIM), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI), and BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Sprott Focus Trust vs.

Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:FUND) and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

In the previous week, Sprott Focus Trust had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Sprott Focus Trust and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Sprott Focus Trust's score of 1.29 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Sprott Focus Trust Positive
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund Very Positive

Sprott Focus Trust has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sprott Focus TrustN/A N/A N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund N/A N/A N/A

Sprott Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sprott Focus Trust$2.30M92.86N/AN/AN/A
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund$16.07M49.84N/AN/AN/A

12.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 50.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Sprott Focus Trust received 45 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.28% of users gave Sprott Focus Trust an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sprott Focus TrustOutperform Votes
155
68.28%
Underperform Votes
72
31.72%
BlackRock MuniYield Quality FundOutperform Votes
110
63.22%
Underperform Votes
64
36.78%

Summary

Sprott Focus Trust beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FUND vs. The Competition

MetricSprott Focus TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$214M$6.92B$11.47B$8.39B
Dividend Yield8.39%6.79%5.45%4.11%
P/E RatioN/A3.5722.4219.71
Price / Sales92.8621.8627.62120.53
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6234.62
Price / BookN/A0.882.774.50
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-0.97%-0.92%-1.34%-0.78%
1 Month Performance2.28%2.85%5.24%11.53%
1 Year Performance-7.71%0.98%538.04%8.99%

Sprott Focus Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FUND
Sprott Focus Trust
N/A$7.18
+0.1%
N/A-8.4%$214M$2.30M0.00N/APositive News
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$11.26
-0.5%
N/A-8.8%$822.63M$16.07M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$10.68
-0.2%
N/A-6.0%$726.91M$11.53M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
VMO
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust
N/A$9.39
-0.1%
N/A-4.7%$633.27M$24.46M0.00N/APositive News
IIM
Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust
N/A$12.03
-0.1%
N/A+0.7%$566.23M$22.00M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$10.06
-0.1%
N/A-3.2%$550.01M$60.65M0.00147,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
VGM
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals
N/A$9.69
-0.1%
N/A-2.4%$525.51M$21.00M0.00147,000Positive News
VKQ
Invesco Municipal Trust
N/A$9.41
-0.3%
N/A-4.3%$520.44M$20.67M0.00147,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
VCV
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.62
+0.1%
N/A+4.8%$508.36M$18.10M0.00N/A
IQI
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.52
+0.1%
N/A-3.1%$503.46M$20.51M0.00147,000Positive News
MYD
BlackRock MuniYield Fund
N/A$10.33
flat
N/A-6.2%$481.98M$8.74M0.00147,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:FUND) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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