VMO vs. MUJ, NXP, PEO, IFN, PHK, BTO, VGM, VKQ, MYI, and DSU
Should you be buying Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust include BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), The India Fund (IFN), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (NYSE:MUJ) and Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (NYSE:VMO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund and 3 mentions for Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust. BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust's score of 0.82 indicating that Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust received 41 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.42% of users gave Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust an outperform vote while only 64.97% of users gave BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund an outperform vote.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
15.1% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.6% of Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust beats BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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