BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA) Competitors

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (NYSE:MUA) and Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NQP) 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, valuation, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MUA or NQP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is MUA or NQP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is MUA or NQP a better dividend stock?

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MUA or NQP?

20.4% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate MUA or NQP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to MUA or NQP?

In the previous week, BlackRock MuniAssets Fund and BlackRock MuniAssets Fund both had 1 articles in the media. Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's score of -0.59 indicating that Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, MUA or NQP?

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MUA or NQP?

Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund received 8 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.61% of users gave BlackRock MuniAssets Fund an outperform vote while only 65.41% of users gave Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund	Outperform Votes 96 67.61%	Underperform Votes 46 32.39%
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund	Outperform Votes 104 65.41%	Underperform Votes 55 34.59%

Summary

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund and Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.