MYD vs. USA, NUV, GSBD, RVT, TY, GAB, STEW, CET, QQQX, and GAM
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield Fund include Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), and General American Investors (GAM). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) and BlackRock MuniYield Fund (NYSE:MYD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Liberty All-Star Equity Fund had 3 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Fund. BlackRock MuniYield Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's score of 1.00 indicating that Liberty All-Star Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Fund has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. BlackRock MuniYield Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Liberty All-Star Equity Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund received 163 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.40% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Fund an outperform vote while only 68.87% of users gave Liberty All-Star Equity Fund an outperform vote.
9.9% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund beats BlackRock MuniYield Fund on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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