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BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD) Competitors

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MYD vs. TY, GAM, MQY, MYI, MMU, NQP, MUA, DOGZ, 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), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), and Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

BlackRock MuniYield Fund vs.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tri-Continental$321.66M5.25N/AN/AN/A
BlackRock MuniYield Fund$24.27M20.17N/AN/AN/A

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tri-ContinentalN/A N/A N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Fund N/A N/A N/A

10.2% of Tri-Continental shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Tri-Continental shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Tri-ContinentalOutperform Votes
223
71.02%
Underperform Votes
91
28.98%
BlackRock MuniYield FundOutperform Votes
160
72.40%
Underperform Votes
61
27.60%

Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Fund has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Tri-Continental had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tri-Continental and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Fund. Tri-Continental's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat BlackRock MuniYield Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Tri-Continental is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Tri-Continental Positive
BlackRock MuniYield Fund Neutral

Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. BlackRock MuniYield Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%.

Summary

Tri-Continental beats BlackRock MuniYield Fund on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MYD vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock MuniYield FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$489.44M$7.94B$11.35B$19.62B
Dividend Yield5.06%6.81%5.57%3.74%
P/E RatioN/A3.7022.8533.65
Price / Sales20.1716.0625.6227.96
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6117.54
Price / BookN/A0.962.764.60
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.43%-0.20%0.84%-0.19%
1 Month Performance-3.09%-1.46%496.46%-2.07%
1 Year Performance-4.72%1.99%536.81%4.96%

BlackRock MuniYield Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MYD
BlackRock MuniYield Fund
N/A$10.47
-0.5%
N/A-4.1%$488.56M$24.27M0.00147,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
TY
Tri-Continental
N/A$31.03
+1.4%
N/A+2.3%$1.67B$321.66M0.00N/A
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$51.10
+1.5%
N/A+10.9%$1.26B$251.67M0.003,313Short Interest ↑
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$11.89
+1.0%
N/A-4.3%$868.52M$43.54M0.00N/A
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$11.10
+0.8%
N/A-4.0%$755.70M$38.59M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$10.32
+0.7%
N/A-0.9%$563.67M$60.65M0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.38
flat
N/A-5.1%$423.59M$32.93M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑
Negative News
MUA
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund
N/A$10.94
+0.9%
N/A-2.2%$422.98M$46.97M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑
DOGZ
Dogness (International)
0.7658 of 5 stars
$29.70
-12.1%
N/A+354.2%$378.11M$14.85M0.00320Gap Up
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.58
+0.3%
N/A+1.4%$344.64M$32.69M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
PMO
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
N/A$10.32
-0.1%
N/A-0.3%$328.29M$69.50M0.00801Short Interest ↓
Positive News
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