CEE vs. MUA, MYD, MQT, MYI, MQY, VTN, OIA, SBI, AMCR, and TY
Should you be buying The Central and Eastern Europe Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund include BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Inv Vk Invt Ny (VTN), Invmun Incom (OIA), Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund (SBI), Amcor (AMCR), and Tri Continental (TY). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund vs. Its Competitors
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (NYSE:CEE) and BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (NYSE:MUA) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniAssets Fund has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The Central and Eastern Europe Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Central and Eastern Europe Fund and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. The Central and Eastern Europe Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that The Central and Eastern Europe Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%.
34.4% of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund beats BlackRock MuniAssets Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CEE) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff