TSI vs. MVT, MQT, BKN, FUND, TDF, VTN, BKT, OXSQ, NPV, and EMF
Should you be buying TCW Strategic Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TCW Strategic Income Fund include BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ), 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.
TCW Strategic Income Fund (NYSE:TSI) and BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (NYSE:MVT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
35.2% of TCW Strategic Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of TCW Strategic Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II 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.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniVest Fund II had 2 more articles in the media than TCW Strategic Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BlackRock MuniVest Fund II and 1 mentions for TCW Strategic Income Fund. BlackRock MuniVest Fund II's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat TCW Strategic Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniVest Fund II is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TCW Strategic Income Fund has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniVest Fund II has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TCW Strategic Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. BlackRock MuniVest Fund II pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%.
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II received 52 more outperform votes than TCW Strategic Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.35% of users gave TCW Strategic Income Fund an outperform vote while only 71.74% of users gave BlackRock MuniVest Fund II an outperform vote.
Summary
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II beats TCW Strategic Income Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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