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BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA) Competitors

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$10.33 -0.03 (-0.29%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$10.33 0.00 (0.00%)
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MUA vs. MYD, MQT, MYI, MQY, VTN, OIA, CEE, SBI, AMCR, and TY

Should you be buying BlackRock MuniAssets Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund include BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Inv Vk Invt Ny (VTN), Invmun Incom (OIA), The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (CEE), Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund (SBI), Amcor (AMCR), and Tri Continental (TY). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund vs. Its Competitors

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (NYSE:MUA) and BlackRock MuniYield Fund (NYSE:MYD) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.

20.4% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. BlackRock MuniYield Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund$35.87MN/AN/AN/AN/A
BlackRock MuniYield FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, BlackRock MuniYield Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Fund and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat BlackRock MuniYield Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniAssets Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund Neutral
BlackRock MuniYield Fund Negative

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock MuniAssets FundN/A N/A N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Fund N/A N/A N/A

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Fund has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund and BlackRock MuniYield Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MUA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MUA vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock MuniAssets FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$3.75B$12.04B$20.63B
Dividend Yield6.43%6.66%5.62%3.67%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.7529.01
Price / SalesN/A23.9725.9666.10
Price / CashN/A18.0121.3322.82
Price / BookN/A1.082.094.43
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.00B$993.74M
7 Day Performance0.93%-0.25%-2.46%-3.39%
1 Month Performance-1.99%-0.89%-0.84%-2.10%
1 Year Performance-11.14%0.83%537.10%10.09%

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MUA
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund
N/A$10.33
-0.3%
N/A-10.4%$0.00$35.87M0.00147,000
MYD
BlackRock MuniYield Fund
N/A$9.82
-0.2%
N/A-9.5%$0.00N/A0.00147,000Negative News
Short Interest ↑
MQT
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II
N/A$9.39
+0.1%
N/A-10.7%$0.00N/A0.00N/A
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$10.26
-0.6%
N/A-9.6%$0.00N/A0.00147,000
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$10.86
+0.5%
N/A-11.3%$0.00N/A0.00N/A
VTN
Inv Vk Invt Ny
N/A$10.16
-0.3%
N/A-8.5%$0.00N/A0.00N/A
OIA
Invmun Incom
N/A$5.57
-0.2%
N/A-14.6%$0.00N/A0.00N/A
CEE
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund
N/A$15.48
-2.4%
N/A+45.3%$0.00N/A0.00N/A
SBI
Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund
N/A$7.60
-0.3%
N/A-4.9%$0.00$10.17M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Short Interest ↑
AMCR
Amcor
3.9957 of 5 stars
$9.61
-0.2%
$11.51
+19.8%
-11.5%$13.89B$13.64B17.1641,000Positive News
TY
Tri Continental
N/A$32.82
+0.0%
N/A+2.2%$1.71BN/A0.00N/A

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