BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN) Competitors $10.68 +0.04 (+0.33%) As of 12:16 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BKN vs. CGBD, BTO, NXP, PDT, ASA, ECC, CCAP, MUJ, DSU, and PEOShould you be buying BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust include Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), and Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust vs. Carlyle Secured Lending John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund ASA Gold and Precious Metals Eagle Point Credit Crescent Capital BDC BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Adams Natural Resources Fund BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (NYSE:BKN) and Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BKN or CGBD? Carlyle Secured Lending received 137 more outperform votes than BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.10% of users gave BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust an outperform vote while only 55.65% of users gave Carlyle Secured Lending an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustOutperform Votes5064.10% Underperform Votes2835.90% Carlyle Secured LendingOutperform Votes18755.65% Underperform Votes14944.35% Is BKN or CGBD a better dividend stock? BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 118.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Is BKN or CGBD more profitable? Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 40.69% compared to BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 12.60% beat BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustN/A N/A N/A Carlyle Secured Lending 40.69%12.60%5.77% Do analysts recommend BKN or CGBD? Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus price target of $14.75, suggesting a potential upside of 5.96%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Carlyle Secured Lending 2 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.50 Does the media favor BKN or CGBD? In the previous week, BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust and BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust both had 1 articles in the media. BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Carlyle Secured Lending's score of 1.80 indicating that BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Carlyle Secured Lending 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Do insiders and institutionals believe in BKN or CGBD? 26.7% of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility and risk, BKN or CGBD? BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has better valuation and earnings, BKN or CGBD? Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust$4.23M44.42N/AN/AN/ACarlyle Secured Lending$83.75M8.47$92.28M$1.3510.31 SummaryCarlyle Secured Lending beats BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BKN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BKN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$188.00M$6.92B$11.49B$19.31BDividend Yield5.18%6.79%5.45%3.83%P/E RatioN/A3.5722.4634.57Price / Sales44.4221.8327.5634.96Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.51Price / BookN/A0.892.804.69Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance-2.87%-0.91%-0.08%-1.82%1 Month Performance1.28%3.66%6.34%7.40%1 Year Performance-10.37%0.20%537.54%4.07% BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BKNBlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustN/A$10.68+0.3%N/A-12.1%$188.00M$4.23M0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending1.5363 of 5 stars$14.00+2.4%$14.75+5.4%-22.5%$713.40M$99.28M7.82N/APositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeBTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$34.47+3.2%N/A+17.5%$680.47M$142.41M0.002,719NXPNuveen Select Tax-Free Income PortfolioN/A$14.19-0.4%N/A-2.9%$666.65M$75.19M0.0040,400News CoveragePDTJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/A$12.77+0.1%N/A+7.4%$627.85M$198.30M0.00147,000News CoverageASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$28.59-6.9%N/A+58.2%$615.37M$118.94M0.001,100Positive NewsECCEagle Point Credit3.4456 of 5 stars$7.89-1.3%$10.33+31.1%-26.8%$614.81M$97.61M9.39N/APositive NewsUpcoming EarningsCCAPCrescent Capital BDC2.3173 of 5 stars$16.41+2.2%$18.38+12.0%-14.1%$608.16M$83.50M8.25N/ADividend AnnouncementAnalyst DowngradeMUJBlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality FundN/A$11.08-0.4%N/A-4.0%$597.90M$12.23M0.00N/APositive NewsDSUBlackRock Debt Strategies FundN/A$10.49-0.1%N/A-5.6%$571.95M$44.55M0.00N/APEOAdams Natural Resources FundN/A$20.69+2.5%N/A-14.5%$530.53M$34.82M0.0018News CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Competitors Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio Competitors John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Competitors ASA Gold and Precious Metals Competitors Eagle Point Credit Competitors Crescent Capital BDC Competitors BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund Competitors BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Competitors Adams Natural Resources Fund Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:BKN) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersJuly 2025 Rule Change to Impact Retirement InvestorsThere's a massive change from a new rule going into effect this July. 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