BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN) Competitors

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(As of 04/19/2024 ET)

BKN vs. TSI, VTN, MVT, MQT, TDF, NPV, FUND, OXSQ, EMF, and IIF

Should you be buying BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust include TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF), and Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust vs.

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (NYSE:BKN) and TCW Strategic Income Fund (NYSE:TSI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk.

: In the previous week, BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled TCW Strategic Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Neutral
TCW Strategic Income Fund Neutral
: BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TCW Strategic Income Fund has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
: TCW Strategic Income Fund received 63 more outperform votes than BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.35% of users gave TCW Strategic Income Fund an outperform vote while only 64.10% of users gave BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust an outperform vote.
Company Underperform Outperform
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Outperform Votes
50
64.10%
Underperform Votes
28
35.90%
TCW Strategic Income Fund Outperform Votes
113
76.35%
Underperform Votes
35
23.65%
: Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust N/A N/A N/A
TCW Strategic Income Fund N/A N/A N/A
: 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)
N/A
TCW Strategic Income Fund
0 Sell rating(s)

0 Hold rating(s)

0 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
: Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
TCW Strategic Income Fund $23.31M 9.43 N/A N/A N/A
: 26.7% of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of TCW Strategic Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of TCW Strategic Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
: BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. TCW Strategic Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust	Neutral
TCW Strategic Income Fund	Neutral

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust	Outperform Votes 50 64.10%	Underperform Votes 28 35.90%
TCW Strategic Income Fund	Outperform Votes 113 76.35%	Underperform Votes 35 23.65%

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
TCW Strategic Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

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)	N/A
TCW Strategic Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TCW Strategic Income Fund	$23.31M	9.43	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

TCW Strategic Income Fund beats BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.

BKN vs. The Competition

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Metric	BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust	Investment offices Industry	Finance Sector	NYSE Exchange
Market Cap	$209.38M	$6.89B	$8.29B	$17.26B
Dividend Yield	4.69%	6.51%	10.66%	3.62%
P/E Ratio	N/A	0.72	61.27	23.82
Price / Sales	N/A	41.65	3,541.25	10.82
Price / Cash	N/A	7.48	28.11	17.10
Price / Book	N/A	0.98	2.38	4.85
Net Income	N/A	$85.22M	$993.45M	$970.56M
7 Day Performance	-1.39%	-1.06%	-0.28%	-1.76%
1 Month Performance	-4.01%	-2.55%	-1.12%	-2.50%
1 Year Performance	2.35%	0.87%	9.99%	78.15%

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Competitors List

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
TSI TCW Strategic Income Fund	0 of 5 stars	$4.67 -0.2%	N/A	-2.3%	$223.13M	N/A	0.00	N/A
VTN Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals	0 of 5 stars	$10.66 -0.1%	N/A	+2.2%	$207.66M	N/A	0.00	N/A	Positive News
MVT BlackRock MuniVest Fund II	0 of 5 stars	$10.72 +0.6%	N/A	-0.8%	$227.69M	N/A	0.00	N/A
MQT BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II	0 of 5 stars	$10.13 -0.3%	N/A	-3.2%	$228.13M	N/A	0.00	N/A	Positive News
TDF Templeton Dragon Fund	0 of 5 stars	$7.98 +0.4%	N/A	-24.3%	$202.29M	N/A	0.00	147,000
NPV Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	0 of 5 stars	$10.85 -0.3%	N/A	-5.5%	$194.43M	N/A	0.00	N/A	News Coverage
FUND Sprott Focus Trust	0 of 5 stars	$8.09 +0.6%	N/A	-6.3%	$239.46M	N/A	0.00	N/A
OXSQ Oxford Square Capital	0.4931 of 5 stars	$3.21 +0.6%	N/A	+1.9%	$191.54M	$51.82M	9.73	N/A	News Coverage
EMF Templeton Emerging Markets Fund	0 of 5 stars	$12.08 +0.6%	N/A	-2.9%	$189.90M	N/A	0.00	N/A	Positive News
IIF Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund	0 of 5 stars	$23.34 flat	N/A	+16.1%	$253.42M	N/A	0.00	N/A

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BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN) Competitors

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