BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GAM or MYD?

36.8% of General American Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of General American Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, GAM or MYD?

General American Investors has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Fund has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GAM or MYD?

In the previous week, General American Investors had 3 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for General American Investors and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Fund. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat BlackRock MuniYield Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that General American Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
General American Investors	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
BlackRock MuniYield Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GAM or MYD?

BlackRock MuniYield Fund received 65 more outperform votes than General American Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.40% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Fund an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave General American Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
General American Investors	Outperform Votes 95 59.01%	Underperform Votes 66 40.99%
BlackRock MuniYield Fund	Outperform Votes 160 72.40%	Underperform Votes 61 27.60%

Is GAM or MYD more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
General American Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, GAM or MYD?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
General American Investors	$301.04M	4.09	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Fund	$24.27M	19.99	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is GAM or MYD a better dividend stock?

General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. BlackRock MuniYield Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%.

Summary

General American Investors beats BlackRock MuniYield Fund on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.