MUA vs. NQP, RMT, HRZN, MYN, VCV, MCI, KTF, HQL, MYD, and DSU
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniAssets Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund include Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NQP) and BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (NYSE:MUA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund and 3 mentions for BlackRock MuniAssets Fund. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund's score of 0.53 indicating that Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund received 8 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 65.41% of users gave Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund an outperform vote.
30.6% of Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares are owned 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.
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniAssets Fund has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund beats BlackRock MuniAssets Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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