# Blackrock MuniYield Quality Fund III Inc (MYI) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $10.47, market value $648 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 27.6×** (5-yr avg 16.2×, 3-yr avg 16.2×). Blackrock MuniYield Quality Fund III Inc trades at 27.6× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 16.2×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 16.8×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 16.8×, 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: 12.5%** (5-yr avg 12.5%). Free cash flow equals 12.5% of the market value, in line with its five-year average of 12.5%. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 3.6%**. The inverse of the P/E: 3.6% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 99.4%**. 99.4% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 4.6%**. 4.6% 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): 1987.1%**. Revenue grew 1987.1% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 3200.0%**. Earnings per share rose 3200.0%, 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: 6.36%** ($0.67 per share, trailing). Blackrock MuniYield Quality Fund III Inc yields 6.36%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 96%** (45% of free cash flow). 96% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving a thin cushion.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 2**. 2 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 3.7%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has grown 3.7% a year over five years.
- **Shareholder yield: 8.0%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 8.0% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 4.8%** (YTD -0.2%, 3-mo -2.3%). The shares are up 4.8% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -8.6%** (1.0% 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): 30**. An RSI of 30 is oversold; bounces are common, but oversold can stay oversold in a real decline.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.25** (volatility 9%). Beta of 0.25 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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