FUND vs. MQY, MYI, MMU, MYD, NQP, MUA, PPT, PMO, RFI, and HCAI
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), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), and Huachen AI Parking Management Technology (HCAI). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.
Sprott Focus Trust vs.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) and Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:FUND) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Sprott Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott Focus Trust has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Sprott Focus Trust had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sprott Focus Trust and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. Sprott Focus Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's score of 1.05 indicating that Sprott Focus Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Sprott Focus Trust beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FUND) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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