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What is Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund Debt-to-Equity?
Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality FundMPA 30 Debt-to-Equity is 0.12 as of Jan. 2026, which is 45% below its 10-year median of 0.22. GuruFocus rates MPA with a GF Score™ of 30/100. The stock has 5 warning signs investors should review. Among 945 Asset Management companies, Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund ranks better than 65.82% on this metric.
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Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund Debt-to-Equity Related Terms
Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund Debt-to-Equity Historical Data
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund Debt-to-Equity Chart
Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund Annual Data
For the Asset Management subindustry, Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund Debt-to-Equity vs Asset Management Industry
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund (MPA) has a Debt-to-Equity of 0.12 as of Jan. 2026. Debt-to-Equity ratio represents the ratio of total debt to total company equity. View historical data on Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund and its competitors. This is 45% below median its historical median of 0.22. Over the past decade, Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund's Debt-to-Equity has ranged from 0.04 to 0.29. According to the industry distribution chart, Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund ranks #323 out of 945 companies in the Asset Management industry, placing it in the top 34.2%.
Is Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund's Debt-to-Equity too high?
Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund's current Debt-to-Equity of 0.12 is 45% below median its 10-year median of 0.22. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 0.04 to a high of 0.29. The Asset Management industry median Debt-to-Equity is 0.21. Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund's value of 0.12 is 42.9% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund ranks #323 out of 945 companies in the Asset Management industry, which is above the industry midpoint. Overall, Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund has a GF Score™ of 30/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund's Debt-to-Equity compare to GRX and WHF?
According to the Asset Management industry distribution chart, Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund ranks #323 out of 945 companies for Debt-to-Equity. This puts Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund in the upper half of its industry. The industry median Debt-to-Equity is 0.21. Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund's value of 0.12 is 42.9% below this benchmark. Historically, Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund's own Debt-to-Equity has ranged from 0.04 to 0.29 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 0.22 vs. the industry median of 0.21, Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund has consistently been below the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Debt-to-Equity for an Asset Management company?
The median Debt-to-Equity among Asset Management companies is 0.21, based on 945 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Debt-to-Equity significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Debt-to-Equity should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund's current Debt-to-Equity of 0.12 is 42.9% below the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Debt-to-Equity mean?
A high Debt-to-Equity can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Debt-to-Equity ratio represents the ratio of total debt to total company equity. View historical data on Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund and its competitors. For the Asset Management industry, the median Debt-to-Equity is 0.21 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund's current Debt-to-Equity is 0.12, which is 45% below median its own 10-year median of 0.22. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund stock overvalued right now?
Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund (MPA) has a current Debt-to-Equity of 0.12. The current Debt-to-Equity is 0.12, which is 45% below median its 10-year median of 0.22 and 42.9% below the Asset Management industry median of 0.21. Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund's overall GF Score™ is 30/100 with 5 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Debt-to-Equity calculated?
Debt-to-Equity is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund (MPA), the current Debt-to-Equity is 0.12 as of Jan. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund is a closed-end fund with an investment objective to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from U.S. federal and Pennsylvania income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, as a fundamental policy, at least 80% of an aggregate of the Fund's net assets and the proceeds of any borrowings for investment purposes, in a portfolio of municipal obligations issued by or on behalf of the State of Pennsylvania, its political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities and by other qualifying issuers.
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