BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM) Competitors $5.70 +0.04 (+0.64%) Closing price 05/22/2025 03:57 PM EasternExtended Trading$5.70 0.00 (-0.02%) As of 05/22/2025 04:04 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 DSM vs. MUC, BCSF, AWF, BBDC, PFLT, HQH, PHK, CGBD, BTO, and NXPShould you be buying BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund include BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Barings BDC (BBDC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund vs. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Bain Capital Specialty Finance AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Barings BDC PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Abrdn Healthcare Investors PIMCO High Income Fund Carlyle Secured Lending John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (NYSE:MUC) and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE:DSM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends. Does the media prefer MUC or DSM? In the previous week, BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund had 4 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund's score of 0.86 indicating that BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Very Positive BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund Positive Is MUC or DSM a better dividend stock? BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MUC or DSM? BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund received 160 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/AN/ABNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond FundOutperform Votes16071.11% Underperform Votes6528.89% Which has more volatility & risk, MUC or DSM? BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has better valuation & earnings, MUC or DSM? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund$6.39M154.72N/AN/AN/ABNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund$33.49M8.41N/AN/AN/A Is MUC or DSM more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/A N/A N/A BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund N/A N/A N/A Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MUC or DSM? 31.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks. Get BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DSM 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 DSM vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$281.55M$6.92B$11.47B$19.30BDividend Yield2.82%6.79%5.45%3.83%P/E RatioN/A3.5722.4234.53Price / Sales8.4121.8627.6234.83Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.51Price / BookN/A0.882.774.69Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.52%-0.92%-1.34%-2.43%1 Month Performance4.61%2.85%5.24%6.27%1 Year Performance0.19%0.98%538.04%5.78% BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DSMBNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond FundN/A$5.70+0.6%N/A-0.1%$281.55M$33.49M0.0020,786MUCBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/A$10.54-0.3%N/A-4.5%$1.01B$6.39M0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.8583 of 5 stars$15.36+1.5%$16.50+7.4%-4.4%$981.47M$131.73M7.721,000AWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.76+1.0%N/A-0.7%$927.84M$152.17M0.00N/AUpcoming EarningsBBDCBarings BDC2.3124 of 5 stars$8.68+1.3%$9.00+3.7%-7.8%$914.42M$123.59M8.3426News CoverageAnalyst ForecastInsider TradePFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.5035 of 5 stars$10.23+1.4%$11.38+11.2%-10.6%$899.35M$114.06M7.30658HQHAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$15.64+2.9%N/A-8.3%$818.70M$186.46M0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsDividend IncreaseGap DownPHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.79-0.7%N/A-1.2%$818.38M$99.89M0.00147,000CGBDCarlyle Secured Lending1.5395 of 5 stars$14.00+2.4%$14.75+5.4%-21.7%$696.58M$83.75M7.82N/APositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeBTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$34.47+3.2%N/A+18.2%$680.47M$142.41M0.002,719NXPNuveen Select Tax-Free Income PortfolioN/A$14.19-0.4%N/A-1.1%$666.65M$75.19M0.0040,400News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies MUC Competitors BCSF Competitors AWF Competitors BBDC Competitors PFLT Competitors HQH Competitors PHK Competitors CGBD Competitors BTO Competitors NXP 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:DSM) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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