BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD) Competitors

Tri-Continental (NYSE:TY) and BlackRock MuniYield Fund (NYSE:MYD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.

Is TY or MYD more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tri-Continental	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TY or MYD?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tri-Continental	$321.66M	4.98	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Fund	$8.74M	54.44	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TY or MYD?

10.2% of Tri-Continental shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Tri-Continental shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, TY or MYD?

Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Fund has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TY or MYD a better dividend stock?

Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. BlackRock MuniYield Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%.

Does the media refer more to TY or MYD?

In the previous week, BlackRock MuniYield Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Fund and 1 mentions for Tri-Continental. Tri-Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat BlackRock MuniYield Fund's score of 1.41 indicating that Tri-Continental is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tri-Continental	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
BlackRock MuniYield Fund	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TY or MYD?

Tri-Continental received 63 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.40% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Fund an outperform vote while only 71.02% of users gave Tri-Continental an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tri-Continental	Outperform Votes 223 71.02%	Underperform Votes 91 28.98%
BlackRock MuniYield Fund	Outperform Votes 160 72.40%	Underperform Votes 61 27.60%

Summary

Tri-Continental beats BlackRock MuniYield Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.