JEQ vs. MHN, PMO, ASG, WHF, RFI, MIN, NCA, RCS, PMM, and MMT
Should you be buying Abrdn Japan Equity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abrdn Japan Equity Fund include BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), and MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (NYSE:MHN) and Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (NYSE:JEQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Abrdn Japan Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund and 0 mentions for Abrdn Japan Equity Fund. BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat Abrdn Japan Equity Fund's score of 0.45 indicating that Abrdn Japan Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund received 62 more outperform votes than Abrdn Japan Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.22% of users gave Abrdn Japan Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 66.07% of users gave BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund an outperform vote.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Abrdn Japan Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%.
28.2% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Abrdn Japan Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.1% of Abrdn Japan Equity Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abrdn Japan Equity Fund has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Abrdn Japan Equity Fund beats BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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