MUC vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, RVT, GAB, and TY
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund include Hercules Capital (HTGC), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Royce Value Trust (RVT), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), and Tri-Continental (TY). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) and BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (NYSE:MUC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to Hercules Capital's net margin of 0.00%. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's return on equity of 18.35% beat Hercules Capital's return on equity.
Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Hercules Capital currently has a consensus target price of $18.56, suggesting a potential downside of 5.97%. Given BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund.
19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hercules Capital received 463 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 6 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hercules Capital and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Hercules Capital's score of -0.63 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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