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BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC) Competitors

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$10.26 +0.03 (+0.24%)
Closing price 04/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$10.27 +0.00 (+0.05%)
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MUC vs. DNP, PTY, ADX, USA, GAB, STEW, OXLC, RVT, BCAT, and CET

Should you be buying BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund include DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Royce Value Trust (RVT), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), and Central Securities (CET). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund vs.

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (NYSE:MUC) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/A N/A N/A
DNP Select Income Fund N/A N/A N/A

DNP Select Income Fund received 194 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/AN/A
DNP Select Income FundOutperform Votes
194
70.80%
Underperform Votes
80
29.20%

31.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund$6.39M154.27N/AN/AN/A
DNP Select Income Fund$851.71M4.11N/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund had 3 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund and 3 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's score of 1.68 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
DNP Select Income Fund
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

DNP Select Income Fund beats BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MUC vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$987.32M$7.45B$10.87B$18.42B
Dividend Yield4.98%7.07%5.77%4.18%
P/E RatioN/A3.5221.5631.09
Price / Sales154.2724.1925.5126.53
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.52
Price / BookN/A0.872.504.30
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.13%1.18%1.82%1.42%
1 Month Performance-4.11%-5.23%-4.03%-7.92%
1 Year Performance-3.89%0.20%535.48%1.71%

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MUC
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund
N/A$10.27
+0.2%
N/A-3.9%$987.32M$6.39M0.00147,000Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
DNP
DNP Select Income Fund
N/A$9.37
+1.3%
N/A+7.4%$3.47B$851.71M0.00590Positive News
PTY
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
N/A$12.94
+1.4%
N/A-3.9%$2.35B$230.95M0.00147,000Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
ADX
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
N/A$18.58
+1.3%
N/A-1.3%$2.18B$564.12M0.0030Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
USA
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
N/A$6.34
+0.3%
N/A-6.9%$1.72B$259.99M0.00N/ADividend Cut
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
GAB
The Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.29
+1.1%
N/A+1.3%$1.63B$203.01M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$16.76
+1.5%
N/A+15.1%$1.62B$550.34M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
2.092 of 5 stars
$4.47
+0.9%
N/A-11.7%$1.55B$194.42M5.39601Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
RVT
Royce Value Trust
N/A$13.26
+0.5%
N/A-3.0%$1.53B$9.80M0.0050News Coverage
Positive News
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$14.20
+0.8%
N/A-9.9%$1.51B$197.67M0.00147,000Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
CET
Central Securities
N/A$43.39
+1.1%
N/A+5.9%$1.26B$296.20M0.006News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:MUC) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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