BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN) Competitors $10.69 -0.03 (-0.28%) Closing price 04/17/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$10.66 -0.03 (-0.23%) As of 04/17/2025 04:05 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BKN vs. HQH, CGBD, NXP, PHK, MUJ, PDT, BTO, ECC, CCAP, and ASAShould you be buying BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust include Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), and ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust vs. Abrdn Healthcare Investors Carlyle Secured Lending Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio PIMCO High Income Fund BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Eagle Point Credit Crescent Capital BDC ASA Gold and Precious Metals Abrdn Healthcare Investors (NYSE:HQH) and BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (NYSE:BKN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations. Is HQH or BKN more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Abrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A N/A N/A BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust N/A N/A N/A Which has more volatility and risk, HQH or BKN? Abrdn Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in HQH or BKN? 32.6% of Abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Is HQH or BKN a better dividend stock? Abrdn Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.7%. BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Does the MarketBeat Community favor HQH or BKN? Abrdn Healthcare Investors received 73 more outperform votes than BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.08% of users gave Abrdn Healthcare Investors an outperform vote while only 64.10% of users gave BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsOutperform Votes12365.08% Underperform Votes6634.92% BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustOutperform Votes5064.10% Underperform Votes2835.90% Which has higher valuation & earnings, HQH or BKN? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAbrdn Healthcare Investors$186.46M4.36N/AN/AN/ABlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust$4.23M44.48N/AN/AN/A Does the media prefer HQH or BKN? In the previous week, Abrdn Healthcare Investors and Abrdn Healthcare Investors both had 2 articles in the media. Abrdn Healthcare Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's score of 0.42 indicating that Abrdn Healthcare Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Abrdn Healthcare Investors 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral SummaryAbrdn Healthcare Investors beats BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks. Get BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BKN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart BKN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$188.35M$7.43B$10.86B$18.42BDividend Yield5.33%7.07%5.76%4.17%P/E RatioN/A3.5021.5531.09Price / Sales44.4824.1925.5126.53Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.52Price / BookN/A0.872.504.30Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B7 Day PerformanceN/A0.09%0.85%0.20%1 Month Performance-6.39%-5.29%-3.80%-7.44%1 Year Performance-10.04%0.20%535.48%1.71% BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BKNBlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustN/A$10.69-0.3%N/A-10.0%$188.35M$4.23M0.00N/AHQHAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$14.20-4.4%N/A-4.7%$718.88M$186.46M0.00147,000Short Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending2.0271 of 5 stars$13.91-5.8%$17.00+22.2%-12.6%$708.81M$99.28M7.77N/APositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeNXPNuveen Select Tax-Free Income PortfolioN/A$13.99-1.2%N/A-1.9%$654.71M$75.19M0.0040,400Ex-DividendNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumePHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.43-4.2%N/A-3.7%$646.62M$99.89M0.00147,000High Trading VolumeMUJBlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality FundN/A$11.03-0.9%N/A-3.0%$595.47M$29.93M0.00N/AHigh Trading VolumePDTJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/A$11.69-2.7%N/A+13.2%$574.73M$198.30M0.00147,000Short Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeBTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$28.85-2.4%N/A+12.2%$569.56M$142.41M0.002,719Short Interest ↑News CoverageECCEagle Point Credit3.4534 of 5 stars$7.05-2.3%$10.50+49.0%-25.7%$554.80M$97.61M8.39N/AShort Interest ↑High Trading VolumeCCAPCrescent Capital BDC2.5536 of 5 stars$14.63-6.9%$19.20+31.2%-9.8%$542.22M$83.50M7.35N/AShort Interest ↑News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$24.63-1.8%N/A+76.7%$530.03M$118.94M0.001,100Upcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Abrdn Healthcare Investors Competitors Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio Competitors PIMCO High Income Fund Competitors BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund Competitors John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Competitors John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Competitors Eagle Point Credit Competitors Crescent Capital BDC Competitors ASA Gold and Precious Metals Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:BKN) was last updated on 4/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | Sponsored[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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