TSI vs. MQY, HQH, MYI, PHK, NXP, PEO, MUJ, BTO, IFN, and DSU
Should you be buying TCW Strategic Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TCW Strategic Income Fund include BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), The India Fund (IFN), and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) and TCW Strategic Income Fund (NYSE:TSI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund had 1 more articles in the media than TCW Strategic Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund and 1 mentions for TCW Strategic Income Fund. TCW Strategic Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TCW Strategic Income Fund received 3 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.35% of users gave TCW Strategic Income Fund an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TCW Strategic Income Fund has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. TCW Strategic Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%.
25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of TCW Strategic Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of TCW Strategic Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
TCW Strategic Income Fund beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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