DSU vs. VKQ, MYD, VGM, BTO, VCV, PEO, IFN, MVF, RMT, and NQP
Should you be buying BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund include Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), The India Fund (IFN), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), and Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Invesco Municipal Trust (NYSE:VKQ) and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (NYSE:DSU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Invesco Municipal Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund and 2 mentions for Invesco Municipal Trust. BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Invesco Municipal Trust's score of -0.18 indicating that Invesco Municipal Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
32.0% of Invesco Municipal Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Invesco Municipal Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Invesco Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Invesco Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund received 4 more outperform votes than Invesco Municipal Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.37% of users gave Invesco Municipal Trust an outperform vote while only 63.13% of users gave BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund beats Invesco Municipal Trust on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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