MYD vs. TY, GAM, MQY, MYI, MMU, DOGZ, NQP, MUA, PPT, and PMO
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield 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), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), and Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.
BlackRock MuniYield Fund vs.
BlackRock MuniYield Fund (NYSE:MYD) and Tri-Continental (NYSE:TY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
BlackRock MuniYield Fund has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
33.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of Tri-Continental shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Tri-Continental shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BlackRock MuniYield Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%.
Tri-Continental received 63 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.40% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Fund an outperform vote while only 71.02% of users gave Tri-Continental an outperform vote.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniYield Fund and BlackRock MuniYield Fund both had 2 articles in the media. Tri-Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat BlackRock MuniYield Fund's score of 0.85 indicating that Tri-Continental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Tri-Continental beats BlackRock MuniYield Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MYD) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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