MVF vs. TYG, PUYI, EMD, PFLT, DHF, OXLC, MUC, FSCO, TY, and GAB
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniVest Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniVest Fund include Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Highest Performances (PUYI), Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO), Tri-Continental (TY), and The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB).
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) and BlackRock MuniVest Fund (NYSE:MVF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniVest Fund has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniVest Fund had 4 more articles in the media than Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BlackRock MuniVest Fund and 0 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat BlackRock MuniVest Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniVest Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure received 243 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniVest Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. BlackRock MuniVest Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. BlackRock MuniVest Fund has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
BlackRock MuniVest Fund beats Tortoise Energy Infrastructure on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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