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BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD) Competitors

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$11.16 -0.02 (-0.18%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

MYD vs. GAM, MQY, MYI, DOGZ, MMU, MUA, NQP, RCS, PPT, and RFI

Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield Fund include General American Investors (GAM), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), and Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

BlackRock MuniYield Fund vs.

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

In the previous week, General American Investors had 6 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for General American Investors and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Fund. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat BlackRock MuniYield Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that General American Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniYield Fund Neutral
General American Investors Positive

BlackRock MuniYield Fund has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniYield FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
General American InvestorsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

BlackRock MuniYield Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%.

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

33.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of General American Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of General American Investors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock MuniYield FundOutperform Votes
160
72.40%
Underperform Votes
61
27.60%
General American InvestorsOutperform Votes
95
59.01%
Underperform Votes
66
40.99%

Summary

General American Investors beats BlackRock MuniYield Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MYD vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock MuniYield FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$520.73M$8.31B$10.51B$19.96B
Dividend Yield5.67%6.41%10.13%3.49%
P/E RatioN/A0.4546.1836.42
Price / SalesN/A12.073,478.9217.94
Price / CashN/A7.0230.6021.28
Price / BookN/A0.944.064.59
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.02B$985.93M
7 Day Performance-1.67%-0.51%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance-3.13%-1.92%7.13%1.05%
1 Year Performance10.22%11.36%24.11%24.67%

BlackRock MuniYield Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MYD
BlackRock MuniYield Fund
N/A$11.16
-0.2%
N/A+10.4%$520.73MN/A0.00147,000
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$49.57
-0.3%
N/A+19.1%$1.19BN/A0.003,313Ex-Dividend
News Coverage
Positive News
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$12.32
-0.2%
N/A+8.8%$900.35MN/A0.00N/A
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$11.33
-0.3%
N/A+6.8%$771.15M$38.59M0.00147,000
DOGZ
Dogness (International)
0.9708 of 5 stars
$45.80
-5.2%
N/A+1,412.0%$583.03M$14.85M0.00320Short Interest ↓
Positive News
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$10.44
+0.1%
N/A+5.6%$569.96MN/A0.00147,000Dividend Increase
Positive News
MUA
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund
N/A$11.94
-0.3%
N/A+19.4%$461.46M$46.97M0.00147,000Positive News
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.77
+0.1%
N/A+9.3%$438.08MN/A0.00147,000
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$7.84
+2.1%
N/A+36.4%$361.19MN/A0.00N/A
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.54
+0.3%
N/A+4.1%$340.80MN/A0.00N/A
RFI
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund
N/A$12.63
+0.2%
N/A+14.5%$335.33MN/A0.00N/A

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This page (NYSE:MYD) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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