NUV vs. IBB, HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, GSBD, RVT, TY, and GAB
Should you be buying Nuveen Municipal Value Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund include iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB), Hercules Capital (HTGC), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), and The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NUV) and iShares Biotechnology ETF (NASDAQ:IBB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
iShares Biotechnology ETF received 28 more outperform votes than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.09% of users gave iShares Biotechnology ETF an outperform vote while only 65.83% of users gave Nuveen Municipal Value Fund an outperform vote.
Given iShares Biotechnology ETF's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe iShares Biotechnology ETF is more favorable than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund.
In the previous week, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund and Nuveen Municipal Value Fund both had 3 articles in the media. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat iShares Biotechnology ETF's score of 0.47 indicating that Nuveen Municipal Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
22.5% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of iShares Biotechnology ETF shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iShares Biotechnology ETF has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. iShares Biotechnology ETF pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%.
Summary
iShares Biotechnology ETF beats Nuveen Municipal Value Fund on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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