VCV vs. DSU, IFN, MMU, MVF, GIM, MYD, NQP, RMT, MUA, and PEO
Should you be buying Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust include BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), The India Fund (IFN), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Templeton Global Income Fund (GIM), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), and Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust vs.
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:VCV) and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (NYSE:DSU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%.
In the previous week, Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust and 2 mentions for BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund. BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust's score of 0.78 indicating that BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust received 92 more outperform votes than BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.78% of users gave Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote while only 63.13% of users gave BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund an outperform vote.
10.1% of Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund shares are owned by company 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.
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust beats BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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