BCV vs. NMI, NXC, JEQ, NMT, SSSS, MGF, SWZ, DTF, KSM, and PCM Should you be buying Bancroft Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bancroft Fund include Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXC), Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (JEQ), Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT), SuRo Capital (SSSS), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF), The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund (DTF), DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (KSM), and PCM Fund (PCM). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NMI ) and Bancroft Fund (NYSE:BCV ) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
16.6% of Nuveen Municipal Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.4% of Bancroft Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Bancroft Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Bancroft Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Nuveen Municipal Income Fund has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Bancroft Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund received 16 more outperform votes than Bancroft Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Bancroft Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Nuveen Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bancroft Fund and 0 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Income Fund. Nuveen Municipal Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Bancroft Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Bancroft Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bancroft Fund has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary Bancroft Fund beats Nuveen Municipal Income Fund on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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