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BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN) Competitors

$11.48 -0.17 (-1.46%)
(As of 12/18/2024 05:11 PM ET)

BKN vs. PHK, BTO, NXP, ECC, CION, MUJ, PDT, PEO, IFN, and DSU

Should you be buying BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust include PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), CION Investment (CION), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), The India Fund (IFN), and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust vs.

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (NYSE:BKN) and PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE:PHK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

26.7% of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of PIMCO High Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

PIMCO High Income Fund received 125 more outperform votes than BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.56% of users gave PIMCO High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 64.10% of users gave BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustOutperform Votes
50
64.10%
Underperform Votes
28
35.90%
PIMCO High Income FundOutperform Votes
175
70.56%
Underperform Votes
73
29.44%

In the previous week, BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust and BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust both had 1 articles in the media. BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat PIMCO High Income Fund's score of -0.13 indicating that BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
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)
Positive
PIMCO High Income Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustN/A N/A N/A
PIMCO High Income Fund N/A N/A N/A

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. PIMCO High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust$8.19M24.71N/AN/AN/A
PIMCO High Income Fund$92.95M7.77N/AN/AN/A

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO High Income Fund has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PIMCO High Income Fund beats BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BKN vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$202.27M$8.39B$10.15B$19.14B
Dividend Yield5.67%6.51%10.34%3.52%
P/E RatioN/A0.4548.4141.66
Price / Sales24.7114.913,149.4216.78
Price / CashN/A7.0330.5621.73
Price / BookN/A0.882.655.27
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.02B$987.88M
7 Day Performance-4.89%-3.34%-3.18%-4.65%
1 Month Performance-4.17%-2.11%-2.55%-2.90%
1 Year Performance-4.01%3.53%10.50%11.86%

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKN
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust
N/A$11.48
-1.5%
N/A-3.4%$202.27M$8.19M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
Positive News
High Trading Volume
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.99
-0.8%
N/A+1.4%$729.18M$92.95M0.00147,000
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$36.66
-0.7%
N/A+14.5%$722.79M$132.65M0.002,719Positive News
NXP
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
N/A$14.75
-1.1%
N/A-0.2%$690.45MN/A0.0040,400Negative News
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
3.8988 of 5 stars
$8.92
-0.9%
$10.00
+12.1%
-7.0%$686.39M$139.07M11.25N/A
CION
CION Investment
1.8882 of 5 stars
$11.85
-0.2%
$12.25
+3.4%
+0.0%$631.44M$90.95M8.07N/ANews Coverage
MUJ
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund
N/A$11.47
-0.6%
N/A-1.7%$619.22M$29.93M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
High Trading Volume
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$12.44
-1.3%
N/A+12.8%$611.92MN/A0.00147,000
PEO
Adams Natural Resources Fund
N/A$21.69
-1.8%
N/A+3.2%$553.31MN/A0.0018
IFN
The India Fund
N/A$16.98
-0.5%
N/A-10.7%$527.33M$175.62M0.0021,000News Coverage
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.87
+0.4%
N/A-0.5%$509.45MN/A0.00N/AEx-Dividend
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BKN) was last updated on 12/19/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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