MHN vs. NMFC, PFLT, BBDC, BCSF, AWF, HQH, PHK, BTO, CGBD, and ASA
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund include New Mountain Finance (NMFC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), BARINGS BDC (BBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), and ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund vs. Its Competitors
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (NYSE:MHN) and New Mountain Finance (NASDAQ:NMFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. New Mountain Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. New Mountain Finance pays out 128.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Mountain Finance has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, New Mountain Finance had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for New Mountain Finance and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund. New Mountain Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund's score of 0.67 indicating that New Mountain Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
28.2% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.1% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
New Mountain Finance has a net margin of 29.84% compared to BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund's net margin of 0.00%. New Mountain Finance's return on equity of 10.57% beat BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund's return on equity.
New Mountain Finance has a consensus price target of $10.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.37%. Given New Mountain Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe New Mountain Finance is more favorable than BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund.
New Mountain Finance has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund.
Summary
New Mountain Finance beats BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MHN) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
