BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN) Competitors

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (NYSE:MHN) and MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is MHN or MFIC a better dividend stock?

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 97.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MHN or MFIC?

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund received 102 more outperform votes than MidCap Financial Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.07% of users gave BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund an outperform vote while only 40.91% of users gave MidCap Financial Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund	Outperform Votes 111 66.07%	Underperform Votes 57 33.93%
MidCap Financial Investment	Outperform Votes 9 40.91%	Underperform Votes 13 59.09%

Is MHN or MFIC more profitable?

MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 37.05% compared to BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund's net margin of 0.00%. MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 11.37% beat BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
MidCap Financial Investment	37.05%	11.37%	4.70%

Does the media prefer MHN or MFIC?

In the previous week, BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund and BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund both had 2 articles in the media. MidCap Financial Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund's score of 0.91 indicating that MidCap Financial Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MidCap Financial Investment	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, MHN or MFIC?

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MHN or MFIC?

28.2% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MHN or MFIC?

MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MidCap Financial Investment	$276.52M	4.58	$118.76M	$1.56	8.65

Do analysts rate MHN or MFIC?

MidCap Financial Investment has a consensus target price of $14.71, suggesting a potential upside of 9.08%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
MidCap Financial Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Summary

MidCap Financial Investment beats BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.