MVF vs. NQP, MUA, RMT, VCV, MYN, DSU, HRZN, MYD, KTF, and VKQ
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniVest Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniVest Fund include Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), and Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NQP) and BlackRock MuniVest Fund (NYSE:MVF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniVest Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniVest Fund. BlackRock MuniVest Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
30.6% of Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniVest Fund has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. BlackRock MuniVest Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%.
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund received 104 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniVest Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund and BlackRock MuniVest Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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