BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC) Competitors

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (NYSE:MUC) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer MUC or DNP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is MUC or DNP a better dividend stock?

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MUC or DNP?

DNP Select Income Fund received 194 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund	N/A	N/A
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MUC or DNP?

31.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer MUC or DNP?

In the previous week, BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund and BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund both had 2 articles in the media. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's score of 0.69 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MUC or DNP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MUC or DNP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund	$14.28M	78.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
DNP Select Income Fund	-$131.43M	-26.37	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, MUC or DNP?

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund and DNP Select Income Fund tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.