MPA vs. MUJ, PEO, BTO, IFN, DSU, MYD, RMT, MVF, NQP, and BBH
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund include BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), The India Fund (IFN), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), and VanEck Biotech ETF (BBH). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (NYSE:MUJ) and BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund (NYSE:MPA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.
15.1% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.7% of BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund had 3 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund. BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund's score of -0.13 indicating that BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund received 44 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.42% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund an outperform vote while only 64.97% of users gave BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund and BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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