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BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA) Competitors

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$11.00 0.00 (0.00%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:33 PM ET)

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

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), 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 MuniAssets Fund vs.

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

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

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%

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%.

20.4% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of General American Investors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniAssets FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
General American Investors$301.04M4.09N/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, General American Investors had 4 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for General American Investors and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's score of 1.67 indicating that General American Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund Very Positive
General American Investors Very Positive

Summary

General American Investors beats BlackRock MuniAssets Fund on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MUA vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock MuniAssets FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$425.26M$8.37B$10.77B$19.18B
Dividend Yield5.73%6.74%9.94%3.58%
P/E RatioN/A0.4432.6341.22
Price / SalesN/A14.62190.1817.58
Price / CashN/A7.0330.5621.28
Price / BookN/A0.882.715.32
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.03B$989.67M
7 Day Performance-5.34%-2.96%-2.86%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-8.33%-2.31%-2.81%-3.73%
1 Year Performance2.42%3.73%11.15%12.06%

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MUA
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund
N/A$11.00
flat
N/A+3.7%$425.26MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$52.65
+1.1%
N/A+22.0%$1.26BN/A0.003,313Insider Trade
Positive News
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$12.54
+0.3%
N/A-4.3%$916.39M$43.54M0.00N/ANews Coverage
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$11.27
+0.1%
N/A-4.3%$767.07M$38.59M0.00147,000Positive News
DOGZ
Dogness (International)
0.552 of 5 stars
$51.83
-2.0%
N/A+1,250.6%$659.85M$14.85M0.00320News Coverage
Positive News
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$10.33
-0.8%
N/A+1.4%$564.23MN/A0.00147,000
MYD
BlackRock MuniYield Fund
N/A$11.02
flat
N/A-2.5%$514.19MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.73
-0.1%
N/A-2.5%$436.61M$32.93M0.00147,000
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.63
flat
N/A-1.4%$349.46MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$7.45
+0.7%
N/A+27.0%$343.22MN/A0.00N/A
PMO
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
N/A$10.55
+0.5%
N/A-1.6%$335.61M$19.08M0.00801

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This page (NYSE:MUA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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