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PhenixFIN (PFX) Competitors

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$49.05 -0.70 (-1.41%)
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PFX vs. MVF, RMT, EVN, MYN, KTF, HQL, SAR, MIY, MIN, and JOF

Should you be buying PhenixFIN stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PhenixFIN include BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Saratoga Investment (SAR), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

PhenixFIN vs.

PhenixFIN (NYSE:PFX) 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 institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.

In the previous week, BlackRock MuniVest Fund had 2 more articles in the media than PhenixFIN. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BlackRock MuniVest Fund and 1 mentions for PhenixFIN. PhenixFIN's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat BlackRock MuniVest Fund's score of 1.05 indicating that PhenixFIN is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PhenixFIN
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 MuniVest Fund
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

PhenixFIN has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniVest Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PhenixFIN$26.08M3.71$18.62M$8.155.87
BlackRock MuniVest Fund$11.04M37.57N/AN/AN/A

PhenixFIN has a net margin of 72.98% compared to BlackRock MuniVest Fund's net margin of 0.00%. PhenixFIN's return on equity of 2.95% beat BlackRock MuniVest Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PhenixFIN72.98% 2.95% 1.68%
BlackRock MuniVest Fund N/A N/A N/A

PhenixFIN has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniVest Fund has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

43.3% of PhenixFIN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 24.4% of PhenixFIN shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

PhenixFIN pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. BlackRock MuniVest Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. PhenixFIN pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

PhenixFIN received 60 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniVest Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PhenixFINOutperform Votes
60
60.61%
Underperform Votes
39
39.39%
BlackRock MuniVest FundN/AN/A

Summary

PhenixFIN beats BlackRock MuniVest Fund on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PFX vs. The Competition

MetricPhenixFINClosed IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$96.70M$358.41M$11.27B$19.21B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A5.75%4.01%
P/E Ratio5.874.6322.2433.50
Price / Sales3.713.7826.5329.19
Price / Cash20.4180.2517.5917.52
Price / Book0.590.702.714.55
Net Income$18.62M$119.81M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.38%1.85%1.96%2.27%
1 Month Performance-8.95%-0.47%3.55%2.92%
1 Year Performance7.91%14.37%535.30%4.66%

PhenixFIN Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PFX
PhenixFIN
N/A$47.87
-3.8%
N/A+6.4%$96.70M$26.08M5.877Positive News
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.66
-1.0%
N/A+0.9%$401.69M$11.04M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
RMT
Royce Micro-Cap Trust
N/A$7.72
-2.3%
N/A-8.1%$391.27M$66.96M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.83
-1.1%
N/A+4.7%$389.93M$38.57M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.46
-1.3%
N/A-3.5%$362.44M$1.69M0.00N/ANews Coverage
KTF
DWS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$8.85
-1.2%
N/A-2.3%$351.11M$35.07M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
HQL
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$11.76
-0.5%
N/A-3.6%$339.54M$86.69M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
Positive News
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.5921 of 5 stars
$23.25
-1.0%
$25.08
+7.9%
+5.3%$333.54M$46.93M9.383,211Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
MIY
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund
N/A$10.96
-1.4%
N/A+3.5%$321.84M$4.66M0.00N/ANews Coverage
MIN
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
N/A$2.63
-0.4%
N/A+2.5%$299.29M$27.88M0.00N/ADividend Cut
Short Interest ↑
Negative News
JOF
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
N/A$8.33
-0.6%
N/A+16.2%$293.42M$38.39M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:PFX) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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