NPV vs. MYI, PHK, NXP, VMO, PEO, MUJ, BTO, VGM, IFN, and VKQ
Should you be buying Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund include BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), The India Fund (IFN), and Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (NYSE:MYI) and Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NPV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund received 39 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.04% of users gave Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III an outperform vote.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
34.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III both had 2 articles in the media. Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III's score of -0.50 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III beats Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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