MUC vs. MFIC, GAM, QQQX, CET, MQY, HQH, SLRC, MYI, STEW, and PHK
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund include MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), General American Investors (GAM), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), Central Securities (CET), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (NYSE:MUC) and MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 41.19% compared to BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's net margin of 0.00%. MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 11.51% beat BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's return on equity.
MidCap Financial Investment received 5 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
31.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MidCap Financial Investment has a consensus target price of $15.04, suggesting a potential downside of 4.50%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund.
MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund.
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 86.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 13 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat MidCap Financial Investment's score of 0.82 indicating that BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
MidCap Financial Investment beats BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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