MQY vs. SLRC, MFIC, HQH, MYI, MUC, PHK, GAM, NXP, QQQX, and VMO
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund include SLR Investment (SLRC), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), General American Investors (GAM), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), and Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) and SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
SLR Investment has a net margin of 33.31% compared to BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's net margin of 0.00%. SLR Investment's return on equity of 9.36% beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's return on equity.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. SLR Investment pays out 117.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, SLR Investment had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for SLR Investment and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. SLR Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that SLR Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SLR Investment has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLR Investment has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of SLR Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of SLR Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SLR Investment has a consensus price target of $14.25, suggesting a potential downside of 8.18%. Given SLR Investment's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SLR Investment is more favorable than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund.
SLR Investment received 259 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote while only 55.32% of users gave SLR Investment an outperform vote.
Summary
SLR Investment beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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