MYD vs. MUA, MQT, MQY, VTN, OIA, NQP, CEE, SBI, AMCR, and TY
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield Fund include BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Inv Vk Invt Ny (VTN), INVMUN INCOM (OIA), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), 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 MuniYield Fund vs. Its Competitors
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (NYSE:MUA) and BlackRock MuniYield Fund (NYSE:MYD) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 equaled BlackRock MuniYield Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
20.4% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Fund has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. BlackRock MuniYield Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%.
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 MYD 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:MYD) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
