MQY vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, GAB, RVT, and TY
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield 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), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), and Tri-Continental (TY). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 12 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Hercules Capital and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. Hercules Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's score of 1.00 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hercules Capital received 353 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.22% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 18.35% beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's return on equity.
Hercules Capital has a consensus price target of $18.56, suggesting a potential downside of 4.93%. Given Hercules Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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