MUA vs. TY, GAM, MQY, MYI, MMU, MYD, NQP, DOGZ, PPT, and PMO
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniAssets Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund include Tri-Continental (TY), 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), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), and Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund vs.
Tri-Continental (NYSE:TY) and BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (NYSE:MUA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Tri-Continental had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Tri-Continental and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Tri-Continental's score of 0.90 indicating that BlackRock MuniAssets Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%.
Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniAssets Fund has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
10.2% of Tri-Continental shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Tri-Continental shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are owned 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.
Tri-Continental received 127 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.02% of users gave Tri-Continental an outperform vote while only 67.61% of users gave BlackRock MuniAssets Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
Tri-Continental beats BlackRock MuniAssets Fund on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MUA) was last updated on 4/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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