MVT vs. SLRC, MQY, HQH, MYI, PHK, NXP, MUJ, PEO, IFN, and BTO
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniVest Fund II stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II include SLR Investment (SLRC), 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), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), The India Fund (IFN), and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (NYSE:MVT) and SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
34.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of SLR Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of SLR Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLR Investment has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. SLR Investment pays out 92.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
SLR Investment has a net margin of 41.66% compared to BlackRock MuniVest Fund II's net margin of 0.00%. SLR Investment's return on equity of 9.51% beat BlackRock MuniVest Fund II's return on equity.
SLR Investment has a consensus target price of $14.88, indicating a potential downside of 9.52%. Given SLR Investment's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SLR Investment is more favorable than BlackRock MuniVest Fund II.
SLR Investment received 204 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniVest Fund II when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.74% of users gave BlackRock MuniVest Fund II an outperform vote while only 55.16% of users gave SLR Investment an outperform vote.
In the previous week, SLR Investment had 3 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniVest Fund II. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SLR Investment and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniVest Fund II. SLR Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat BlackRock MuniVest Fund II's score of 1.00 indicating that SLR Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SLR Investment has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniVest Fund II.
Summary
SLR Investment beats BlackRock MuniVest Fund II on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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