BCV vs. NQP, MUA, PPT, PMO, RFI, RCS, OIA, PMM, MQT, and FUND
Should you be buying Bancroft Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bancroft Fund include Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust (OIA), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), and Sprott Focus Trust (FUND). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.
Bancroft Fund vs.
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NQP) and Bancroft Fund (NYSE:BCV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and community ranking.
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Bancroft Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%.
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bancroft Fund has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
30.6% of Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.4% of Bancroft Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Bancroft Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Bancroft Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund received 104 more outperform votes than Bancroft Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Bancroft Fund beats Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BCV) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
