MUC vs. MFIC, GAM, QQQX, CET, MQY, SLRC, HQH, MYI, PHK, and STEW
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund include MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), General American Investors (GAM), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), Central Securities (CET), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), SLR Investment (SLRC), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), and SRH Total Return Fund (STEW). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (NYSE:MUC) and MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
MidCap Financial Investment received 4 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 83.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
31.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 42.95% compared to BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's net margin of 0.00%. MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 15.50% beat BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's return on equity.
MidCap Financial Investment has a consensus target price of $14.79, indicating a potential downside of 3.01%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund.
MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund.
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. MidCap Financial Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's score of 0.32 indicating that MidCap Financial Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
MidCap Financial Investment beats BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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