MUA vs. MYD, MQT, MYI, MQY, VTN, OIA, CEE, SBI, AMCR, and TY
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniAssets Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund include BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Inv Vk Invt Ny (VTN), Invmun Incom (OIA), The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (CEE), Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund (SBI), Amcor (AMCR), and Tri Continental (TY). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund vs. Its Competitors
BlackRock MuniYield Fund (NYSE:MYD) and BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (NYSE:MUA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniYield Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled BlackRock MuniAssets Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
BlackRock MuniYield Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%.
BlackRock MuniYield Fund has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniAssets Fund has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
33.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
BlackRock MuniYield Fund beats BlackRock MuniAssets Fund on 2 of the 3 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MUA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:MUA) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
