MUA vs. GAM, MQY, MYI, MMU, MYD, NQP, PPT, PMO, RFI, and DOGZ
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), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), and Dogness (International) (DOGZ). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund vs.
General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) and BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (NYSE:MUA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniAssets Fund had 2 more articles in the media than General American Investors. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BlackRock MuniAssets Fund and 2 mentions for General American Investors. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's score of 0.78 indicating that General American Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
36.9% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of General American Investors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%.
General American Investors has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniAssets Fund has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less 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.
Summary
General American Investors beats BlackRock MuniAssets Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MUA) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
