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Sprott Focus Trust (FUND) Competitors

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$7.88 +0.01 (+0.13%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

FUND vs. MQY, MYI, DOGZ, MMU, MYD, MUA, NQP, RCS, PPT, and RFI

Should you be buying Sprott Focus Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sprott Focus Trust include BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), and Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Sprott Focus Trust vs.

Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:FUND) and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.

Sprott Focus Trust has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sprott Focus TrustN/A N/A N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund N/A N/A N/A

Sprott Focus Trust received 45 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.28% of users gave Sprott Focus Trust an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sprott Focus TrustOutperform Votes
155
68.28%
Underperform Votes
72
31.72%
BlackRock MuniYield Quality FundOutperform Votes
110
63.22%
Underperform Votes
64
36.78%

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sprott Focus TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
BlackRock MuniYield Quality FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Sprott Focus Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund and 0 mentions for Sprott Focus Trust. Sprott Focus Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Sprott Focus Trust Neutral
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund Neutral

12.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Sprott Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%.

Summary

Sprott Focus Trust beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FUND vs. The Competition

MetricSprott Focus TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$234.57M$8.31B$10.41B$8.87B
Dividend Yield6.55%6.40%10.14%4.06%
P/E RatioN/A0.4647.1214.18
Price / SalesN/A24.163,443.7889.42
Price / CashN/A6.9930.7732.79
Price / BookN/A0.912.485.12
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$993.44M$225.99M
7 Day Performance0.77%-0.51%-0.05%-1.32%
1 Month Performance0.77%-1.92%7.13%0.60%
1 Year Performance5.21%11.36%24.11%26.23%

Sprott Focus Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FUND
Sprott Focus Trust
N/A$7.88
+0.1%
N/A+5.1%$234.57MN/A0.00N/A
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$12.32
-0.2%
N/A+8.8%$902.50MN/A0.00N/A
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$11.33
-0.3%
N/A+6.8%$773.20MN/A0.00147,000
DOGZ
Dogness (International)
0.9688 of 5 stars
$45.80
-5.2%
N/A+1,412.0%$583.08M$14.85M0.00320Short Interest ↓
Positive News
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$10.44
+0.1%
N/A+5.6%$569.67MN/A0.00147,000Dividend Increase
Positive News
MYD
BlackRock MuniYield Fund
N/A$11.16
-0.2%
N/A+10.4%$521.63MN/A0.00147,000
MUA
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund
N/A$11.94
-0.3%
N/A+19.4%$463.19MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.77
+0.1%
N/A+9.3%$437.73MN/A0.00147,000
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$7.68
-0.1%
N/A+36.4%$354.28MN/A0.00N/A
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.54
+0.3%
N/A+4.1%$339.83MN/A0.00N/A
RFI
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund
N/A$12.63
+0.2%
N/A+14.5%$334.82MN/A0.00N/A

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This page (NASDAQ:FUND) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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