MUA vs. GAM, MQY, MYI, VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, VKQ, VCV, and IQI
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniAssets Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund include General American Investors (GAM), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust (IIM), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), and Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund vs.
General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) and BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (NYSE:MUA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
General American Investors has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniAssets Fund has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, General American Investors had 3 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for General American Investors and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat General American Investors' score of 1.45 indicating that BlackRock MuniAssets Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
36.8% of General American Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of General American Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%.
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund received 1 more outperform votes than General American Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.61% of users gave BlackRock MuniAssets Fund an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave General American Investors an outperform vote.
Summary
General American Investors beats BlackRock MuniAssets Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MUA) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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