MUA vs. HRZN, NQP, MVF, MYN, RMT, VCV, HQL, TYG, MCI, and KTF
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniAssets Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund include Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), and DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) and BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (NYSE:MUA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Horizon Technology Finance received 188 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.61% of users gave BlackRock MuniAssets Fund an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave Horizon Technology Finance an outperform vote.
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund has a net margin of 0.00% compared to BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's net margin of -12.40%. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's return on equity of 17.98% beat Horizon Technology Finance's return on equity.
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Horizon Technology Finance.
4.9% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Horizon Technology Finance had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Horizon Technology Finance and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. Horizon Technology Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's score of 1.55 indicating that BlackRock MuniAssets Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Horizon Technology Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Horizon Technology Finance pays out -314.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Horizon Technology Finance has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Horizon Technology Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Horizon Technology Finance currently has a consensus target price of $10.38, indicating a potential downside of 10.25%. Given BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Horizon Technology Finance is more favorable than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund.
Horizon Technology Finance has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniAssets Fund has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Horizon Technology Finance beats BlackRock MuniAssets Fund on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MUA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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