BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN) Competitors $10.96 +0.01 (+0.05%) Closing price 03:52 PM EasternExtended Trading$10.76 -0.20 (-1.83%) As of 04:30 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BKN vs. NXP, ASA, BTO, PDT, CCAP, ECC, MUJ, DSU, CION, 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 Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), CION Investment (CION), and Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust vs. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio ASA Gold and Precious Metals John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Crescent Capital BDC Eagle Point Credit BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund CION Investment Adams Natural Resources Fund BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (NYSE:BKN) and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking. Which has more volatility and risk, BKN or NXP? BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor BKN or NXP? In the previous week, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio had 3 more articles in the media than BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio and 0 mentions for BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Neutral Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio Positive Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BKN or NXP? 26.7% of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is BKN or NXP a better dividend stock? BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Is BKN or NXP more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustN/A N/A N/A Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio N/A N/A N/A Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BKN or NXP? Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio received 21 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 63.96% of users gave Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustOutperform Votes5064.10% Underperform Votes2835.90% Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income PortfolioOutperform Votes7163.96% Underperform Votes4036.04% Which has higher earnings and valuation, BKN or NXP? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust$4.23M45.44N/AN/AN/ANuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio$75.19M8.71N/AN/AN/A SummaryBlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio tied by winning 5 of the 10 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$193.02M$6.71B$11.13B$18.95BDividend Yield5.24%6.92%5.77%4.02%P/E RatioN/A3.5222.1632.95Price / Sales45.5921.5626.1127.88Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.52Price / BookN/A0.862.664.47Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance1.62%1.24%0.79%0.73%1 Month Performance-5.32%-1.96%-0.16%-2.63%1 Year Performance-9.31%2.16%538.56%4.57% 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$10.96+0.0%N/A-9.0%$193.02M$4.23M0.00N/ANXPNuveen Select Tax-Free Income PortfolioN/A$13.93-0.1%N/A-0.3%$652.13M$75.19M0.0040,400Short Interest ↓Positive NewsASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$30.21+3.1%N/A+73.5%$650.24M$118.94M0.001,100BTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$31.83-0.5%N/A+17.8%$628.37M$142.41M0.002,719Short Interest ↓News CoveragePDTJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/A$12.59-0.3%N/A+12.3%$619.24M$198.30M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑News CoverageCCAPCrescent Capital BDC2.7671 of 5 stars$16.24+1.1%$18.50+13.9%-7.8%$601.89M$83.50M8.16N/AUpcoming EarningsDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↑News CoverageECCEagle Point Credit3.7461 of 5 stars$7.82+0.5%$10.33+32.1%-22.5%$601.73M$97.61M9.31N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsMUJBlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality FundN/A$11.01+0.0%N/A+0.4%$594.12M$12.23M0.00N/APositive NewsDSUBlackRock Debt Strategies FundN/A$10.15-0.1%N/A-3.7%$552.61M$44.55M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsCIONCION Investment2.2177 of 5 stars$10.12+0.4%$11.00+8.7%-13.6%$536.63M$45.95M6.88N/AUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↑News CoveragePEOAdams Natural Resources FundN/A$20.18-2.0%N/A-14.4%$530.17M$34.82M0.0018Ex-DividendPositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio Competitors ASA Gold and Precious Metals Competitors John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Competitors John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Competitors Crescent Capital BDC Competitors Eagle Point Credit Competitors BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund Competitors BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Competitors CION Investment 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 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow to invest in Elon Musk’s Optimus before its launchElon Musk is set to completely take over the AI industry with Optimus… A breakthrough AI-powered robot that El...InvestorPlace | SponsoredBlackrock’s Sending THIS Crypto Higher on PurposeWhile everyone's distracted by Bitcoin's moves, a stealth revolution is underway. 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