MVT vs. MQY, SLRC, MYI, PHK, NXP, BTO, PEO, MUJ, IFN, and DSU
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniVest Fund II stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II include BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), The India Fund (IFN), and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) and BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (NYSE:MVT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.
25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II 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.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniVest Fund II has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. BlackRock MuniVest Fund II pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund both had 2 articles in the media. BlackRock MuniVest Fund II's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's score of 0.03 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II received 55 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.74% of users gave BlackRock MuniVest Fund II an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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