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Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF) Competitors

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$7.52 +0.02 (+0.27%)
(As of 12/24/2024 04:45 PM ET)

JOF vs. MUC, AWF, SLRC, MQY, HQH, MYI, PHK, BTO, NXP, and MUJ

Should you be buying Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund include BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund vs.

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (NYSE:MUC) and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (NYSE:JOF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/AN/A
Japan Smaller Capitalization FundN/AN/A

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund$38.10M26.72N/AN/AN/A
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund$38.39M6.90N/AN/AN/A

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

31.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/A N/A N/A
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund and BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund both had 1 articles in the media. Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's score of -1.05 indicating that Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%.

Summary

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund beats BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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JOF vs. The Competition

MetricJapan Smaller Capitalization FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$264.88M$8.48B$11.55B$19.40B
Dividend Yield4.14%6.76%5.70%3.65%
P/E RatioN/A0.4424.9441.44
Price / Sales6.9014.9727.2418.16
Price / CashN/A7.0318.5121.28
Price / BookN/A0.892.635.36
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.04B$990.70M
7 Day Performance-0.40%0.78%1.09%2.13%
1 Month Performance-1.05%-2.60%-3.44%-4.23%
1 Year Performance1.08%3.60%11.07%11.46%

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JOF
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
N/A$7.52
+0.3%
N/A+1.6%$264.88M$38.39M0.00N/ANews Coverage
MUC
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund
N/A$10.53
-0.7%
N/A-4.8%$1.01B$38.10M0.00147,000Negative News
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.57
-0.1%
N/A+5.6%$911.45M$152.17M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
SLRC
SLR Investment
1.3617 of 5 stars
$16.12
+0.4%
$15.25
-5.4%
+6.9%$879.43M$106.47M9.11N/A
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$11.73
-0.6%
N/A-5.3%$857.23MN/A0.00N/A
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$16.34
+0.3%
N/A+0.9%$827.21M$186.46M0.00147,000News Coverage
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$10.99
+0.3%
N/A-5.1%$748.01M$38.59M0.00147,000News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.88
flat
N/A-0.6%$713.11M$92.95M0.00147,000
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$35.14
+0.6%
N/A+18.3%$693.73M$132.65M0.002,719
NXP
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
N/A$14.57
+0.8%
N/A-0.4%$682.10M$75.19M0.0040,400
MUJ
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund
N/A$11.00
-0.7%
N/A-2.5%$593.85M$29.93M0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume

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