# Blackrock MuniAssets Fund Inc (MUA) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $9.90, market value $665 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 31.9×** (5-yr avg 8.4×, 3-yr avg 8.4×). Blackrock MuniAssets Fund Inc trades at 31.9× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 8.4×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 14.1×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 14.1×, 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: 4.5%** (5-yr avg -5.0%). Free cash flow equals 4.5% of the market value, above its five-year average of -5.0%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been.
- **Earnings yield: 3.1%**. The inverse of the P/E: 3.1% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 98.2%**. 98.2% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 10.1%**. 10.1% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on assets: 7.0%**. Each dollar of assets produces 7.0% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 326.5%**. Revenue grew 326.5% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 325.9%**. Earnings per share rose 325.9%, roughly in step with revenue.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 6.73%** ($0.67 per share, trailing). Blackrock MuniAssets Fund Inc yields 6.73%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 46%** (72% of free cash flow). 46% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 2**. 2 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 0.9%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has grown 0.9% a year over five years.
- **Shareholder yield: 7.0%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 7.0% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -3.1%** (YTD -4.2%, 3-mo -6.2%). The shares are down 3.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -16.0%** (0.5% above the low). Trading 16% 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): 34**. An RSI of 34 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.34** (volatility 13%). Beta of 0.34 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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