MVT vs. FUND, MQT, TSI, TDF, BKN, BKT, VTN, RCS, NPV, and EMF
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniVest Fund II stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II include Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV), and Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:FUND) and BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (NYSE:MVT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Sprott Focus Trust had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniVest Fund II. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sprott Focus Trust and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniVest Fund II. BlackRock MuniVest Fund II's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Sprott Focus Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that Sprott Focus Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sprott Focus Trust has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniVest Fund II has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sprott Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. BlackRock MuniVest Fund II pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Sprott Focus Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Sprott Focus Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
12.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II shares are held by institutional investors. 48.9% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II shares are held by 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.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II received 10 more outperform votes than Sprott Focus Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.74% of users gave BlackRock MuniVest Fund II an outperform vote while only 68.28% of users gave Sprott Focus Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Sprott Focus Trust beats BlackRock MuniVest Fund II on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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