FUND vs. MQT, MVT, TSI, BKN, BKT, TDF, VTN, IIF, OXSQ, and ZTR
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 II (MQT), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF), Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ), and Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund (ZTR). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:FUND) and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (NYSE:MQT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Sprott Focus Trust has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sprott Focus Trust received 67 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.97% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II an outperform vote while only 68.28% of users gave Sprott Focus Trust an outperform vote.
Sprott Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%.
12.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II shares are held by institutional investors. 48.9% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II had 2 more articles in the media than Sprott Focus Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II and 0 mentions for Sprott Focus Trust. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Sprott Focus Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Sprott Focus Trust and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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