BKT vs. FUND, RCS, MVT, MQT, MMT, TSI, TDF, BKN, PMM, and VTN
Should you be buying BlackRock Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Income Trust include Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), and Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:FUND) and BlackRock Income Trust (NYSE:BKT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.
12.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of BlackRock Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.9% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, BlackRock Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Sprott Focus Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BlackRock Income Trust and 0 mentions for Sprott Focus Trust. Sprott Focus Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat BlackRock Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sprott Focus Trust has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Income Trust has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sprott Focus Trust received 58 more outperform votes than BlackRock Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.28% of users gave Sprott Focus Trust an outperform vote while only 58.43% of users gave BlackRock Income Trust an outperform vote.
Sprott Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. BlackRock Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Sprott Focus Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and BlackRock Income Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Sprott Focus Trust and BlackRock Income Trust tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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