MVF vs. RMT, NQP, VCV, MUA, HRZN, MYD, DSU, MYN, HQL, and TYG
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniVest Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniVest Fund include Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund (NYSE:MVF) and Royce Micro-Cap Trust (NYSE:RMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
48.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Royce Micro-Cap Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%.
In the previous week, Royce Micro-Cap Trust had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniVest Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Royce Micro-Cap Trust and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniVest Fund. Royce Micro-Cap Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.95 beat BlackRock MuniVest Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Royce Micro-Cap Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Royce Micro-Cap Trust received 86 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniVest Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Micro-Cap Trust has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Royce Micro-Cap Trust beats BlackRock MuniVest Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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