Apollo Tactical Income Fund (NYSE:AIF) and BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust (NYSE:BSD) are both miscellaneous companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Apollo Tactical Income Fund and BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Apollo Tactical Income Fund | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Apollo Tactical Income Fund presently has a consensus target price of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 227.44%. Given Apollo Tactical Income Fund's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Apollo Tactical Income Fund is more favorable than BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust.
Profitability
This table compares Apollo Tactical Income Fund and BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Apollo Tactical Income Fund | N/A | N/A | N/A |
BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Apollo Tactical Income Fund and BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust's gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Apollo Tactical Income Fund | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Dividends
Apollo Tactical Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Apollo Tactical Income Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Apollo Tactical Income Fund beats BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust on 3 of the 3 factors compared between the two stocks.