MIY vs. GSBD, MFIC, NMFC, BCSF, PFLT, MUC, BBDC, AWF, HQH, and PHK
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund include Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund vs. Its Competitors
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (NYSE:MIY) and Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 284.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Goldman Sachs BDC received 192 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.49% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund an outperform vote while only 55.24% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC an outperform vote.
Goldman Sachs BDC has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund.
Goldman Sachs BDC has a net margin of 17.01% compared to BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity of 15.72% beat BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund's return on equity.
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Goldman Sachs BDC had 4 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund. Goldman Sachs BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund's score of -0.50 indicating that Goldman Sachs BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Goldman Sachs BDC has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.72%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund.
24.1% of BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Goldman Sachs BDC beats BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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