MIY vs. TYG, PPT, MHN, PMO, HQL, KTF, ASG, RFI, MIN, and WHF
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 Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), and WhiteHorse Finance (WHF).
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (NYSE:MIY) and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
24.2% of BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Tortoise Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure received 161 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 69.43% of users gave Tortoise Energy Infrastructure an outperform vote.
Summary
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure beats BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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