Barings Participation Investors (MPV) Competitors

Barings Participation Investors (NYSE:MPV) and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MPV or NXP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barings Participation Investors	$18.78M	9.67	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	$75.19M	8.89	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer MPV or NXP?

In the previous week, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio had 3 more articles in the media than Barings Participation Investors. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio and 2 mentions for Barings Participation Investors. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Barings Participation Investors' score of -0.50 indicating that Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Barings Participation Investors	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MPV or NXP?

Barings Participation Investors received 6 more outperform votes than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.96% of users gave Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio an outperform vote while only 60.16% of users gave Barings Participation Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Barings Participation Investors	Outperform Votes 77 60.16%	Underperform Votes 51 39.84%
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	Outperform Votes 71 63.96%	Underperform Votes 40 36.04%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MPV or NXP?

16.2% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Barings Participation Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is MPV or NXP a better dividend stock?

Barings Participation Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%.

Which has more risk & volatility, MPV or NXP?

Barings Participation Investors has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MPV or NXP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings Participation Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Barings Participation Investors and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.