PFX vs. MVF, EVN, MCI, SAR, MYN, LEO, HQL, KTF, ZTR, and MIY
Should you be buying PhenixFIN stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PhenixFIN include BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Saratoga Investment (SAR), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund (ZTR), and BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
PhenixFIN vs.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund (NYSE:MVF) and PhenixFIN (NYSE:PFX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
PhenixFIN has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniVest Fund.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PhenixFIN has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, PhenixFIN had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniVest Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for PhenixFIN and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniVest Fund. PhenixFIN's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat BlackRock MuniVest Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that PhenixFIN is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PhenixFIN received 60 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniVest Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
48.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.3% of PhenixFIN shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of PhenixFIN shares are owned 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 MuniVest Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. PhenixFIN pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. PhenixFIN pays out 9.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
PhenixFIN beats BlackRock MuniVest Fund on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PFX) was last updated on 5/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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