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Sprott Focus Trust (FUND) Competitors

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$7.25 -0.02 (-0.28%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

FUND vs. MYI, DOGZ, MMU, MYD, MUA, NQP, PPT, RCS, PMO, 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 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), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), and Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Sprott Focus Trust vs.

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

Sprott Focus Trust received 78 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.28% of users gave Sprott Focus Trust an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund IIIOutperform Votes
77
59.23%
Underperform Votes
53
40.77%
Sprott Focus TrustOutperform Votes
155
68.28%
Underperform Votes
72
31.72%

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott Focus Trust has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III$38.59M19.33N/AN/AN/A
Sprott Focus Trust$16.60M13.02N/AN/AN/A

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III pays an annual dividend of $0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Sprott Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%.

34.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III 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 III shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 50.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

In the previous week, Sprott Focus Trust had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Sprott Focus Trust and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III. Sprott Focus Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III's score of 1.54 indicating that Sprott Focus Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III Very Positive
Sprott Focus Trust Very Positive

Summary

Sprott Focus Trust beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FUND vs. The Competition

MetricSprott Focus TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$216.09M$8.38B$11.03B$9.08B
Dividend Yield8.01%6.75%9.79%4.22%
P/E RatioN/A0.4428.1717.18
Price / Sales13.0214.8247.42116.79
Price / CashN/A7.0330.4237.86
Price / BookN/A0.882.744.78
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.03B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-6.21%-2.96%-2.88%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-9.15%-2.31%-2.87%3.36%
1 Year Performance-8.34%3.73%11.33%16.59%

Sprott Focus Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FUND
Sprott Focus Trust
N/A$7.25
-0.3%
N/A-8.1%$216.09M$16.60M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$11.27
+0.1%
N/A-4.3%$767.07M$38.59M0.00147,000Positive News
DOGZ
Dogness (International)
0.5506 of 5 stars
$51.83
-2.0%
N/A+1,250.6%$659.85M$14.85M0.00320News Coverage
Positive News
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$10.33
-0.8%
N/A+1.4%$564.23MN/A0.00147,000
MYD
BlackRock MuniYield Fund
N/A$11.02
flat
N/A-2.5%$514.19MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
MUA
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund
N/A$11.42
-1.2%
N/A+3.7%$441.54M$46.97M0.00147,000Positive News
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.73
-0.1%
N/A-2.5%$436.61M$32.93M0.00147,000
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.63
flat
N/A-1.4%$349.46MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$7.45
+0.7%
N/A+27.0%$343.22MN/A0.00N/A
PMO
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
N/A$10.55
+0.5%
N/A-1.6%$335.61M$19.08M0.00801
RFI
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund
N/A$12.13
-0.2%
N/A+0.7%$322.08M$19.06M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:FUND) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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