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BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY) Competitors

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$12.27 -0.30 (-2.39%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

MQY vs. GAM, MYI, DOGZ, MMU, MYD, MUA, NQP, PPT, RCS, and PMO

Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund include General American Investors (GAM), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), and Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund vs.

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) and General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, dividends and earnings.

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%.

In the previous week, General American Investors had 6 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for General American Investors and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat General American Investors' score of 0.77 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
General American Investors
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of General American Investors 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund$43.54M20.59N/AN/AN/A
General American Investors$301.04M4.18N/AN/AN/A

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock MuniYield Quality FundN/A N/A N/A
General American Investors N/A N/A N/A

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund received 15 more outperform votes than General American Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave General American Investors an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock MuniYield Quality FundOutperform Votes
110
63.22%
Underperform Votes
64
36.78%
General American InvestorsOutperform Votes
95
59.01%
Underperform Votes
66
40.99%

Summary

General American Investors beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MQY vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock MuniYield Quality FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$896.66M$8.62B$10.67B$19.62B
Dividend Yield5.49%6.50%10.14%3.51%
P/E RatioN/A0.4635.2443.81
Price / Sales20.5915.393,080.4417.46
Price / CashN/A7.0329.9721.73
Price / BookN/A0.902.785.46
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.03B$987.18M
7 Day Performance-3.76%-2.43%-1.27%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-0.65%-0.32%-0.03%1.31%
1 Year Performance1.74%5.74%15.75%16.44%

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$12.27
-2.4%
N/A+1.7%$896.66M$43.54M0.00N/APositive News
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$52.64
+1.0%
N/A+24.5%$1.26BN/A0.003,313Insider Trade
News Coverage
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$11.26
flat
N/A-1.9%$766.39M$38.59M0.00147,000Positive News
DOGZ
Dogness (International)
0.5875 of 5 stars
$51.83
-2.0%
N/A+1,317.3%$659.85M$14.85M0.00320Positive News
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$10.34
-0.7%
N/A+1.6%$564.77MN/A0.00147,000
MYD
BlackRock MuniYield Fund
N/A$10.98
-0.4%
N/A+0.9%$512.33MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
MUA
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund
N/A$11.38
-1.6%
N/A+7.6%$440.00M$46.97M0.00147,000Positive News
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.74
flat
N/A+1.2%$436.99M$32.93M0.00147,000
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.63
flat
N/A-0.6%$349.46MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$7.46
+0.8%
N/A+21.5%$343.68MN/A0.00N/A
PMO
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
N/A$10.55
+0.5%
N/A+0.2%$335.61M$19.08M0.00801News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:MQY) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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