No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 13 Dec 2024.
This page follows insider dealings at Blackrock Muniyield Quality Fund, Inc. as filed with SEC (Form 4), a company from the Finance & Banking sector. In the past year (18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026), 8 filings came from 7 insiders.
Only sales appear on the open market, 1 sale in all, filed by 1 insider. The totals exclude 1 filing filed without an amount.
Filings reach the SEC (Form 4) feed a median of 2 days after the trade. US insiders must file a Form 4 within two business days of a trade. A sale on its own says little: insiders also sell to pay tax, fund a purchase or diversify.
Across the 5,814 companies tracked on its exchange, the median is 19 filings; at 8 filings, this issuer sits below that mark. Over the whole record (from 2016), the tally stands at 5 purchases and 1 sale.
Elsewhere in the same sector, our signals recently picked up insider purchases at First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and BCB Bancorp Inc. Source: insider filings from SEC (Form 4). Past trades are no guide to future returns.
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BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (ticker: MQY) is a U.S.-listed closed-end fixed income fund traded on the NYSE in the United States. Its core business is not operating in a traditional industrial sense; rather, it is an investment vehicle focused on U.S. municipal bonds. The fund’s stated objective is to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management. To pursue that objective, MQY invests at least 80% of assets in municipal securities exempt from federal income tax, with the portfolio concentrated in bonds rated in the top three credit categories (A or better) or, if unrated, judged comparable in quality at purchase.
MQY was launched on June 26, 1992, and it sits within BlackRock’s broader municipal closed-end fund platform. This gives the fund access to one of the strongest fixed-income investment franchises in the market, including centralized credit research, portfolio construction capabilities, and municipal market execution. The BlackRock name is an important competitive differentiator: in a segment where income stability, credit quality, and disciplined leverage management matter, the sponsor’s scale and research depth are often key to investor confidence. Like many municipal closed-end funds, MQY may employ leverage in order to enhance distributable income, which can improve yield but also increases sensitivity to interest-rate moves, credit spreads, and changes in the fund’s market discount or premium.
From a competitive standpoint, MQY belongs to the U.S. municipal bond CEF universe, where it competes with other tax-exempt income products from large asset managers. Its positioning is fairly straightforward: a long-duration municipal portfolio, a quality-oriented credit profile, and a distribution-focused structure designed for investors seeking tax-advantaged income. The product is therefore best understood as a specialized portfolio solution rather than an operating company with multiple business lines. Its main “product” is the managed exposure to municipal debt, and its main service is the delivery of tax-exempt income distributions to shareholders.
Geographically, the fund’s presence is overwhelmingly U.S.-centric. The securities it holds are issued in the United States, and the fund itself is listed on the NYSE. BlackRock’s platform has recently highlighted municipal CEF simplification and scaling initiatives, including reorganizations and related board approvals across the municipal closed-end fund lineup. In that context, MQY was part of a broader BlackRock effort announced in 2025 and completed in early 2026 to streamline and expand scale benefits across selected municipal funds. For investors following Form 4 insider transactions, MQY also appears in recent SEC filing activity tied to fund-related transactions, which is consistent with the corporate actions seen across BlackRock’s municipal CEF complex.
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