MYI vs. HQH, SLRC, PHK, NXP, VMO, MQY, MUJ, PEO, IFN, and MFIC
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III include Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), SLR Investment (SLRC), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), The India Fund (IFN), and MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (NYSE:MYI) and Abrdn Healthcare Investors (NYSE:HQH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abrdn Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Abrdn Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%.
Abrdn Healthcare Investors received 46 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.08% of users gave Abrdn Healthcare Investors an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Abrdn Healthcare Investors had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Healthcare Investors and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III. Abrdn Healthcare Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III's score of -0.59 indicating that Abrdn Healthcare Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
34.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.6% of Abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Abrdn Healthcare Investors beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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