# Blackrock MuniYield Quality Fund Inc. (MQY) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $10.87, market value $781 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 35.1×** (5-yr avg 17.7×, 3-yr avg 17.7×). Blackrock MuniYield Quality Fund Inc. trades at 35.1× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 17.7×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 17.9×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 17.9×, a level that requires very high margins or very fast growth to justify.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 5.4%** (5-yr avg 13.8%). Free cash flow equals 5.4% of the market value, below its five-year average of 13.8%, so the shares are pricier on cash than usual. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 2.9%**. The inverse of the P/E: 2.9% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 97.6%**. 97.6% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 4.5%**. 4.5% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 2.9%**. Each dollar of assets produces 2.9% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 636.1%**. Revenue grew 636.1% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 720.0%**. Earnings per share rose 720.0%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 6/9**. 6 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 6.40%** ($0.70 per share, trailing). Blackrock MuniYield Quality Fund Inc. yields 6.40%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 99%** (99% of free cash flow). 99% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving a thin cushion.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 2**. 2 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 0.1%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has grown 0.1% a year over five years.
- **Shareholder yield: 7.5%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 7.5% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 4.1%** (YTD -0.3%, 3-mo -3.0%). The shares are up 4.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -9.0%** (0.3% above the low). Trading 9% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 27**. An RSI of 27 is oversold; bounces are common, but oversold can stay oversold in a real decline.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.27** (volatility 9%). Beta of 0.27 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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