BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN) Competitors $12.07 -0.16 (-1.31%) (As of 11/15/2024 08:54 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends BKN vs. CGBD, BTO, PHK, ECC, NXP, MUJ, PDT, PEO, CION, and IFNShould you be buying BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust include Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), CION Investment (CION), and The India Fund (IFN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust vs. Carlyle Secured Lending John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund PIMCO High Income Fund Eagle Point Credit Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Adams Natural Resources Fund CION Investment The India Fund Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) and BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (NYSE:BKN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and profitability. Is CGBD or BKN more profitable? Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 40.69% compared to BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 12.60% beat BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Carlyle Secured Lending40.69% 12.60% 5.77% BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust N/A N/A N/A Is CGBD or BKN a better dividend stock? Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 89.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Do analysts rate CGBD or BKN? Carlyle Secured Lending currently has a consensus target price of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.75%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Carlyle Secured Lending 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has more risk and volatility, CGBD or BKN? Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor CGBD or BKN? In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 9 more articles in the media than BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 1 mentions for BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's score of 1.00 indicating that Carlyle Secured Lending is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Carlyle Secured Lending Positive BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Positive Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CGBD or BKN? Carlyle Secured Lending received 137 more outperform votes than BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.10% of users gave BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust an outperform vote while only 56.84% of users gave Carlyle Secured Lending an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCarlyle Secured LendingOutperform Votes18756.84% Underperform Votes14243.16% BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustOutperform Votes5064.10% Underperform Votes2835.90% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CGBD or BKN? 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has better valuation and earnings, CGBD or BKN? Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCarlyle Secured Lending$241.63M3.42$92.28M$1.799.06BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A SummaryCarlyle Secured Lending beats BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Behind the Markets❗ RSVP please!Give us 60 minutes and we’ll show you how we’ve compressed 15 years of stock market gains into one day.Just click here and secure your spot! 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$212.67M$8.27B$10.13B$19.58BDividend Yield5.19%6.27%10.47%3.50%P/E RatioN/A0.4647.0842.09Price / SalesN/A13.283,356.5416.81Price / CashN/A6.9730.2221.29Price / BookN/A0.953.674.38Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$979.71M$979.52M7 Day Performance-2.43%-2.09%-0.51%-2.45%1 Month Performance-6.65%-2.63%3.17%2.15%1 Year Performance9.43%11.40%26.28%23.61% 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$12.07-1.3%N/A+9.4%$212.67MN/A0.00N/AEx-DividendPositive NewsCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending2.4843 of 5 stars$16.36-0.1%N/A+10.0%$832.89M$241.63M9.14N/AShort Interest ↓BTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$37.99+0.4%N/A+37.1%$749.16MN/A0.002,719PHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$5.02-0.6%N/A+6.3%$733.56M$92.95M0.00147,000ECCEagle Point Credit2.671 of 5 stars$9.43+0.6%N/A-3.7%$725.64M$139.07M5.51N/AShort Interest ↑NXPNuveen Select Tax-Free Income PortfolioN/A$14.63-0.1%N/A+3.4%$684.83MN/A0.0040,400Ex-DividendMUJBlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality FundN/A$11.79+1.0%N/A+7.6%$636.54MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑Negative NewsPDTJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/A$12.84-0.5%N/A+23.1%$631.60MN/A0.00147,000Positive NewsPEOAdams Natural Resources FundN/A$24.32-0.4%N/A+17.4%$620.40MN/A0.0018Dividend IncreaseCIONCION Investment2.2726 of 5 stars$11.25-1.3%N/A+2.5%$599.51M$251.01M7.65N/AIFNThe India FundN/A$17.34+0.1%N/A-1.5%$538.58MN/A0.0021,000Dividend IncreaseShort Interest ↓ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Competitors PIMCO High Income Fund Competitors Eagle Point Credit Competitors Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio Competitors BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund Competitors John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Competitors Adams Natural Resources Fund Competitors CION Investment Competitors The India Fund Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:BKN) was last updated on 11/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners5 Stocks that could triple in a week Robinhood traders have piled $78 billion into this market... 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