MFIC vs. MQY, MUC, GAM, SLRC, HQH, QQQX, MYI, CET, PHK, and NXP
Should you be buying MidCap Financial Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MidCap Financial Investment include BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), General American Investors (GAM), SLR Investment (SLRC), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Central Securities (CET), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) and MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 3 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. MidCap Financial Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's score of 0.94 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MidCap Financial Investment has a consensus target price of $14.79, indicating a potential downside of 1.65%. Given BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund.
MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 42.95% compared to MidCap Financial Investment's net margin of 0.00%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's return on equity of 15.50% beat MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity.
25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 83.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MidCap Financial Investment has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. MidCap Financial Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund received 106 more outperform votes than MidCap Financial Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave MidCap Financial Investment an outperform vote.
Summary
MidCap Financial Investment beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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