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The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ) Competitors

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$7.53 -0.06 (-0.79%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:33 PM ET)

SWZ vs. MYN, TWN, KTF, HQL, MIY, ASG, SAR, MHN, MIN, and TPVG

Should you be buying The Swiss Helvetia Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Swiss Helvetia Fund include BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), The Taiwan Fund (TWN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), Saratoga Investment (SAR), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), and TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

The Swiss Helvetia Fund vs.

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

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund has higher revenue and earnings than The Swiss Helvetia Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund$19.20M20.07N/AN/AN/A
The Swiss Helvetia Fund$6.18M15.83-$27.40MN/AN/A

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Swiss Helvetia Fund has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

29.3% of BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of The Swiss Helvetia Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of The Swiss Helvetia Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, The Swiss Helvetia Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Swiss Helvetia Fund and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund. BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat The Swiss Helvetia Fund's score of -0.27 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund Neutral
The Swiss Helvetia Fund Neutral

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. The Swiss Helvetia Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality FundN/A N/A N/A
The Swiss Helvetia Fund N/A N/A N/A

The Swiss Helvetia Fund received 4 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.50% of users gave The Swiss Helvetia Fund an outperform vote while only 72.14% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality FundOutperform Votes
145
72.14%
Underperform Votes
56
27.86%
The Swiss Helvetia FundOutperform Votes
149
74.50%
Underperform Votes
51
25.50%

Summary

The Swiss Helvetia Fund beats BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SWZ vs. The Competition

MetricThe Swiss Helvetia FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$97.82M$8.38B$11.24B$19.19B
Dividend Yield7.04%6.75%9.83%3.61%
P/E RatioN/A0.4426.7441.30
Price / Sales15.8314.2736.4117.58
Price / CashN/A7.0318.6021.28
Price / Book0.860.882.765.32
Net Income-$27.40M$73.96M$1.04B$989.88M
7 Day Performance-4.20%-2.96%-2.89%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-3.46%-2.31%-2.89%-3.68%
1 Year Performance-5.99%3.73%11.56%12.14%

The Swiss Helvetia Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SWZ
The Swiss Helvetia Fund
1.1842 of 5 stars
$7.53
-0.8%
N/A-5.0%$97.82M$6.18M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.37
flat
N/A-2.0%$397.28MN/A0.00N/A
TWN
The Taiwan Fund
N/A$45.95
+0.4%
N/A+37.0%$391.03MN/A0.00N/ADividend Increase
Positive News
High Trading Volume
KTF
DWS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.81
-0.4%
N/A+7.3%$384.29M$14.44M0.00N/ADividend Cut
HQL
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$13.81
-0.2%
N/A+4.0%$377.70MN/A0.00N/A
MIY
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund
N/A$11.67
+0.2%
N/A-0.4%$342.69M$18.58M0.00N/A
ASG
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund
N/A$5.85
+0.3%
N/A+8.7%$340.69M$37.15M0.00N/APositive News
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.6514 of 5 stars
$24.25
+0.7%
$25.42
+4.8%
-6.7%$334.65M$143.72M15.743,211News Coverage
MHN
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.66
+0.1%
N/A-3.2%$322.36MN/A0.00N/A
MIN
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
N/A$2.71
flat
N/A-3.6%$308.40MN/A0.00N/AEx-Dividend
TPVG
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC
0.9745 of 5 stars
$7.22
-8.0%
$7.70
+6.6%
-31.5%$289.15M$24.23M34.76N/AHigh Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:SWZ) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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