MVF vs. NUV, GSBD, GAB, RVT, TY, STEW, CET, QQQX, GAM, and MUC
Should you be buying BlackRock MuniVest Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock MuniVest Fund include Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), General American Investors (GAM), and BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NUV) and BlackRock MuniVest Fund (NYSE:MVF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniVest Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Value Fund and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniVest Fund. BlackRock MuniVest Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's score of 1.00 indicating that Nuveen Municipal Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
22.5% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniVest Fund has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund received 131 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniVest Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. BlackRock MuniVest Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and BlackRock MuniVest Fund has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund and BlackRock MuniVest Fund tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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