MUJ vs. PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, RVT, TY, GAB, STEW, CET, and QQQX
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund include PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Central Securities (CET), and Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PTY) and BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (NYSE:MUJ) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund received 4 more outperform votes than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.97% of users gave BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund an outperform vote while only 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund had 2 more articles in the media than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund and 1 mentions for PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%.
Summary
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund beats PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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