DSU vs. MYD, VGM, VKQ, IFN, VCV, BTO, RMT, MVF, NQP, and MUA
Should you be buying BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund include BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), The India Fund (IFN), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), and BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniYield Fund (NYSE:MYD) and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (NYSE:DSU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Fund. BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat BlackRock MuniYield Fund's score of 0.27 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
33.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
BlackRock MuniYield Fund received 47 more outperform votes than BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.40% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Fund an outperform vote while only 63.13% of users gave BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund an outperform vote.
BlackRock MuniYield Fund has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock MuniYield Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
BlackRock MuniYield Fund and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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