MUA vs. RVT, TY, GAB, STEW, CET, QQQX, GAM, MFIC, MUC, and SLRC
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniAssets Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund include Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), General American Investors (GAM), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), and SLR Investment (SLRC). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (NYSE:MUA) and Royce Value Trust (NYSE:RVT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%.
20.4% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.6% of Royce Value Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Royce Value Trust had 5 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Royce Value Trust and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. Royce Value Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Royce Value Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Royce Value Trust received 94 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.61% of users gave BlackRock MuniAssets Fund an outperform vote while only 65.29% of users gave Royce Value Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Royce Value Trust beats BlackRock MuniAssets Fund on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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