BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN) Competitors

Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) and BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (NYSE:MYN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Do analysts rate GSBD or MYN?

Goldman Sachs BDC currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.63%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Goldman Sachs BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, GSBD or MYN?

Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GSBD or MYN?

Goldman Sachs BDC has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Goldman Sachs BDC	$454.91M	3.41	$195.87M	$0.70	18.88
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is GSBD or MYN a better dividend stock?

Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.6%. BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 257.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GSBD or MYN?

Goldman Sachs BDC received 129 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.14% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund an outperform vote while only 55.69% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Goldman Sachs BDC	Outperform Votes 274 55.69%	Underperform Votes 218 44.31%
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund	Outperform Votes 145 72.14%	Underperform Votes 56 27.86%

Is GSBD or MYN more profitable?

Goldman Sachs BDC has a net margin of 17.01% compared to BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity of 15.72% beat BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Goldman Sachs BDC	17.01%	15.72%	7.08%
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in GSBD or MYN?

28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.3% of BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer GSBD or MYN?

In the previous week, Goldman Sachs BDC had 6 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund. BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Goldman Sachs BDC's score of 1.27 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Goldman Sachs BDC	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Goldman Sachs BDC beats BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.