BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. More Details
Snowflake Analysis
Share Price & News
How has BlackRock MuniVest Fund II's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: MVT is less volatile than 75% of US stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 2% a week.
Volatility Over Time: MVT's weekly volatility (2%) has been stable over the past year.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
0.8%
MVT
1.5%
US Capital Markets
-0.4%
US Market
1 Year Return
-4.1%
MVT
45.4%
US Capital Markets
36.2%
US Market
Return vs Industry: MVT underperformed the US Capital Markets industry which returned 45.4% over the past year.
Return vs Market: MVT underperformed the US Market which returned 36.2% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
MVT
Industry
Market
7 Day
0.8%
1.5%
-0.4%
30 Day
-3.2%
3.3%
-2.3%
90 Day
-3.6%
14.5%
5.0%
1 Year
0.7%-4.1%
49.0%45.4%
39.1%36.2%
3 Year
12.7%-3.4%
35.9%25.9%
48.4%39.0%
5 Year
14.0%-12.3%
145.9%115.5%
116.6%92.4%
Long-Term Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is BlackRock MuniVest Fund II's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
Simply Wall St News
No news available
Valuation
Is BlackRock MuniVest Fund II undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
45.35x
Price to Earnings (PE) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: MVT ($14.63) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($0.62)
Significantly Below Fair Value: MVT is trading above our estimate of fair value.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: MVT is poor value based on its PE Ratio (45.3x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (23.4x).
PE vs Market: MVT is poor value based on its PE Ratio (45.3x) compared to the US market (21.5x).
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate MVT's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: MVT is good value based on its PB Ratio (1x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (19.8x).
Future Growth
How is BlackRock MuniVest Fund II forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
13.5%
Forecasted Diversified Financials industry annual growth in earnings
In this section we usually present revenue and earnings growth projections based on the consensus estimates of professional analysts to help investors understand the company’s ability to generate profit. But as BlackRock MuniVest Fund II has not provided enough past data and has no analyst forecast, its future earnings cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst predictions.
This is quite a rare situation as 97% of companies covered by SimplyWall St do have past financial data.
Past Performance
How has BlackRock MuniVest Fund II performed over the past 5 years?
-17.3%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: MVT has a large one-off loss of $4.9M impacting its October 31 2020 financial results.
Growing Profit Margin: MVT's current net profit margins (33%) are lower than last year .
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: MVT's earnings have declined by 17.3% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: MVT's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: MVT had negative earnings growth (-80.1%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Capital Markets industry average (10.4%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: MVT's Return on Equity (2.2%) is considered low.
Financial Health
How is BlackRock MuniVest Fund II's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: MVT's short term assets ($8.0M) do not cover its short term liabilities ($63.3M).
Long Term Liabilities: MVT's short term assets ($8.0M) do not cover its long term liabilities ($140.0M).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: MVT's debt to equity ratio (62.6%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: MVT's debt to equity ratio has increased from 62.4% to 62.6% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: MVT's debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (0.5%).
Interest Coverage: MVT's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (6.6x coverage).
Balance Sheet
Dividend
What is BlackRock MuniVest Fund II current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
4.63%
Current Dividend Yield
Upcoming Dividend Payment
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: MVT's dividend (4.63%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.31%).
High Dividend: MVT's dividend (4.63%) is in the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (3.64%)
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: MVT's dividend payments have been volatile in the past 10 years.
Growing Dividend: MVT's dividend payments have fallen over the past 10 years.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: With its high payout ratio (207.4%), MVT's dividend payments are not well covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to determine if a dividend will be paid in 3 years and that it will be covered by earnings.
Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
14.2yrs
Average board tenure
CEO
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II has no CEO, or we have no data on them.
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Paul Audet
Director
10.17yrs
no data
no data
Richard Cavanagh
Chairman
14.17yrs
US$3.79k
0.00054% $ 1.7k
Frank Fabozzi
Director
14.17yrs
US$3.07k
0.000050% $ 156.1
Kathleen Feldstein
Director
14.17yrs
US$2.40k
no data
W. Kester
Director
14.17yrs
US$2.88k
no data
Jerrold Harris
Director
14.17yrs
US$2.59k
no data
Karen Robards
Vice Chairman
14.17yrs
US$3.60k
no data
James Flynn
Director
14.17yrs
US$2.64k
no data
Michael Castellano
Director
10.17yrs
US$2.64k
0.0042% $ 13.2k
Robert Hubbard
Director
14.17yrs
US$2.50k
no data
14.2yrs
Average Tenure
73yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: MVT's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 14.2 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc.'s company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. It is managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. The fund invests in fixed income markets. It invests primar...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
All financial data provided by Standard & Poor's Capital IQ.
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2021/03/07 00:32
End of Day Share Price
2021/03/05 00:00
Earnings
2020/10/31
Annual Earnings
2020/04/30
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.