Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN) Competitors

Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (NYSE:VTN) and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (NYSE:MYI) 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, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, VTN or MYI?

Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VTN or MYI a better dividend stock?

Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals pays an annual dividend of $0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%.

Does the media prefer VTN or MYI?

In the previous week, Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals and Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals both had 1 articles in the media. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals' score of -1.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals	Negative
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III	Positive

Is VTN or MYI more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VTN or MYI?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals	$19.37M	9.94	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III	$11.53M	61.61	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VTN or MYI?

34.9% of Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VTN or MYI?

Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals received 67 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.10% of users gave Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals	Outperform Votes 144 73.10%	Underperform Votes 53 26.90%
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III	Outperform Votes 77 59.23%	Underperform Votes 53 40.77%

Summary

Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.