HQH vs. MYI, SLRC, PHK, MQY, NXP, VMO, MUJ, PEO, MFIC, and IFN
Should you be buying Abrdn Healthcare Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abrdn Healthcare Investors include BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), SLR Investment (SLRC), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), and The India Fund (IFN). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Abrdn Healthcare Investors (NYSE:HQH) and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (NYSE:MYI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
32.6% of Abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Abrdn Healthcare Investors had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Abrdn Healthcare Investors and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III. Abrdn Healthcare Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III's score of -0.59 indicating that Abrdn Healthcare Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Abrdn Healthcare Investors received 46 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.08% of users gave Abrdn Healthcare Investors an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III an outperform vote.
Abrdn Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%.
Abrdn Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Abrdn Healthcare Investors beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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