MUC vs. MFIC, GAM, QQQX, CET, MQY, SLRC, HQH, MYI, PHK, and STEW
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), SLR Investment (SLRC), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), and SRH Total Return Fund (STEW). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) and BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (NYSE:MUC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
MidCap Financial Investment received 5 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
MidCap Financial Investment presently has a consensus target price of $15.04, indicating a potential downside of 3.08%. Given BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund.
In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 7 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. MidCap Financial Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's score of 0.85 indicating that BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund.
MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 41.19% compared to MidCap Financial Investment's net margin of 0.00%. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's return on equity of 11.51% beat MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity.
MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. 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. MidCap Financial Investment has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. MidCap Financial Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
MidCap Financial Investment beats BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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