NMI vs. BCV, NMT, SSSS, MGF, NXC, SWZ, PCM, JEQ, KSM, and PFO
Should you be buying Nuveen Municipal Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuveen Municipal Income Fund include Bancroft Fund (BCV), Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT), SuRo Capital (SSSS), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF), Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXC), The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), PCM Fund (PCM), Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (JEQ), DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (KSM), and Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO).
Bancroft Fund (NYSE:BCV) and Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NMI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
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 media.
22.4% of Bancroft Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Nuveen Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Bancroft Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund received 16 more outperform votes than Bancroft Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Bancroft Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Nuveen Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Bancroft Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Nuveen Municipal Income Fund has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Bancroft Fund has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% 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.
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