MFIC vs. MUC, GAM, QQQX, MQY, SLRC, HQH, CET, MYI, PHK, and NXP
Should you be buying MidCap Financial Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MidCap Financial Investment include BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), General American Investors (GAM), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), SLR Investment (SLRC), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), Central Securities (CET), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP). 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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
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 higher revenue and earnings 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. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat MidCap Financial Investment's score of 0.81 indicating that BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MidCap Financial Investment received 5 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.45, meaning 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, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MidCap Financial Investment currently has a consensus price target of $15.04, indicating a potential downside of 3.08%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund.
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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 41.19% compared to BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's net margin of 0.00%. MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 11.51% beat BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's return on equity.
Summary
MidCap Financial Investment beats BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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