Rand Capital (RAND) Competitors

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NPV) and Rand Capital (NASDAQ:RAND) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Is NPV or RAND more profitable?

Rand Capital has a net margin of 154.01% compared to Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Rand Capital's return on equity of 6.60% beat Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rand Capital	154.01%	6.60%	5.14%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NPV or RAND?

Rand Capital received 5 more outperform votes than Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.04% of users gave Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund an outperform vote while only 61.73% of users gave Rand Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	Outperform Votes 116 63.04%	Underperform Votes 68 36.96%
Rand Capital	Outperform Votes 121 61.73%	Underperform Votes 75 38.27%

Is NPV or RAND a better dividend stock?

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Rand Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Rand Capital pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer NPV or RAND?

In the previous week, Rand Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Rand Capital and 1 mentions for Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund. Rand Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund's score of 0.59 indicating that Rand Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rand Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NPV or RAND?

11.7% of Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.2% of Rand Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NPV or RAND?

Rand Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	$18.93M	11.37	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rand Capital	$10.13M	5.62	$6.53M	$3.42	5.61

Which has more volatility & risk, NPV or RAND?

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rand Capital has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund and Rand Capital tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.