FUND vs. MQT, MVT, TSI, BKN, BKT, TDF, VTN, IIF, OXSQ, and ZTR
Should you be buying Sprott Focus Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sprott Focus Trust include BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF), Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ), and Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund (ZTR). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (NYSE:MQT) and Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:FUND) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II had 2 more articles in the media than Sprott Focus Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II and 0 mentions for Sprott Focus Trust. Sprott Focus Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Sprott Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Sprott Focus Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Sprott Focus Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Sprott Focus Trust received 67 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.97% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II an outperform vote while only 68.28% of users gave Sprott Focus Trust an outperform vote.
30.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.9% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott Focus Trust has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sprott Focus Trust beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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