BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MYN or STEW?

29.3% of BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MYN or STEW?

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund received 145 more outperform votes than SRH Total Return Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund	Outperform Votes 145 72.14%	Underperform Votes 56 27.86%
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, MYN or STEW?

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SRH Total Return Fund has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MYN or STEW a better dividend stock?

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%.

Which has better earnings & valuation, MYN or STEW?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is MYN or STEW more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to MYN or STEW?

In the previous week, SRH Total Return Fund had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for SRH Total Return Fund and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund. SRH Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund's score of 1.08 indicating that SRH Total Return Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund	Positive
SRH Total Return Fund	Positive

Summary

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund beats SRH Total Return Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.