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BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA) Competitors

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$11.94 -0.04 (-0.33%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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

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

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund vs.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniAssets FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
General American InvestorsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund received 1 more outperform votes than General American Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.61% of users gave BlackRock MuniAssets Fund an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave General American Investors an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock MuniAssets FundOutperform Votes
96
67.61%
Underperform Votes
46
32.39%
General American InvestorsOutperform Votes
95
59.01%
Underperform Votes
66
40.99%

In the previous week, General American Investors had 4 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for General American Investors and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat General American Investors' score of 1.21 indicating that BlackRock MuniAssets Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
General American Investors
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%.

20.4% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of General American Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of General American Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

Summary

General American Investors beats BlackRock MuniAssets Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MUA vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock MuniAssets FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$463.19M$8.31B$10.42B$19.87B
Dividend Yield5.56%6.41%10.14%3.50%
P/E RatioN/A0.4545.8635.66
Price / SalesN/A14.353,479.1517.95
Price / CashN/A7.0130.6917.98
Price / BookN/A0.943.774.59
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.02B$985.93M
7 Day Performance-3.75%-0.51%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance-5.58%-1.92%7.13%1.05%
1 Year Performance18.64%11.36%24.11%24.67%

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MUA
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund
N/A$11.94
-0.3%
N/A+19.4%$463.19MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$49.57
-0.3%
N/A+19.1%$1.19BN/A0.003,313Ex-Dividend
Positive News
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$12.32
-0.2%
N/A+8.8%$902.50MN/A0.00N/A
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$11.33
-0.3%
N/A+6.8%$773.20MN/A0.00147,000
DOGZ
Dogness (International)
0.9688 of 5 stars
$45.80
-5.2%
N/A+1,412.0%$614.76M$14.85M0.00320Short Interest ↓
Positive News
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$10.44
+0.1%
N/A+5.6%$569.67MN/A0.00147,000Dividend Increase
Positive News
MYD
BlackRock MuniYield Fund
N/A$11.16
-0.2%
N/A+10.4%$521.63MN/A0.00147,000
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.77
+0.1%
N/A+9.3%$437.73MN/A0.00147,000
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$7.68
-0.1%
N/A+36.4%$354.28MN/A0.00N/A
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.54
+0.3%
N/A+4.1%$339.83MN/A0.00N/A
RFI
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund
N/A$12.63
+0.2%
N/A+14.5%$334.82MN/A0.00N/A

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This page (NYSE:MUA) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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