MHN vs. PMO, MIY, RFI, ASG, WHF, MIN, PPT, NCA, HQL, and SOR
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund include Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), and Source Capital (SOR). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (NYSE:PMO) and BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (NYSE:MHN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
20.4% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.2% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust received 11 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.40% of users gave Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust an outperform vote while only 66.07% of users gave BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust had 3 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund. BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%.
Summary
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust beats BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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