MYI vs. ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, RVT, TY, GAB, STEW, and CET
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III include Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), 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), and Central Securities (CET). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (NYSE:MYI) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Adams Diversified Equity Fund received 69 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.23% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III an outperform vote while only 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III's score of 0.02 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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