Nuveen California Municipal Va (NCA) Competitors $8.70 +0.06 (+0.64%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$8.74 +0.04 (+0.40%) As of 04:04 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock NCA vs. NMFC, BCSF, PFLT, BBDC, AWF, HQH, ASA, PHK, BTO, and CGBDShould you be buying Nuveen California Municipal Va stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuveen California Municipal Va include New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Barings Bdc (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), and Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Nuveen California Municipal Va vs. Its Competitors New Mountain Finance Bain Capital Specialty Finance PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Barings Bdc AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund abrdn Healthcare Investors ASA Gold and Precious Metals PIMCO High Income Fund John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Carlyle Secured Lending Nuveen California Municipal Va (NYSE:NCA) and New Mountain Finance (NASDAQ:NMFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability. Is NCA or NMFC more profitable? New Mountain Finance has a net margin of 23.27% compared to Nuveen California Municipal Va's net margin of 0.00%. New Mountain Finance's return on equity of 10.43% beat Nuveen California Municipal Va's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Nuveen California Municipal VaN/A N/A N/A New Mountain Finance 23.27%10.43%4.32% Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NCA or NMFC? 21.5% of Nuveen California Municipal Va shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.1% of New Mountain Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen California Municipal Va shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of New Mountain Finance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has better valuation & earnings, NCA or NMFC? New Mountain Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen California Municipal Va. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNuveen California Municipal VaN/AN/AN/AN/AN/ANew Mountain Finance$89.05M12.51$113.44M$0.7613.78 Does the media refer more to NCA or NMFC? In the previous week, New Mountain Finance had 2 more articles in the media than Nuveen California Municipal Va. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for New Mountain Finance and 2 mentions for Nuveen California Municipal Va. New Mountain Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Nuveen California Municipal Va's score of 1.16 indicating that New Mountain Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Nuveen California Municipal Va 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive New Mountain Finance 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts recommend NCA or NMFC? New Mountain Finance has a consensus target price of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.67%. Given New Mountain Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe New Mountain Finance is more favorable than Nuveen California Municipal Va.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Nuveen California Municipal Va 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00New Mountain Finance 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Is NCA or NMFC a better dividend stock? Nuveen California Municipal Va pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. New Mountain Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. New Mountain Finance pays out 168.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Which has more risk & volatility, NCA or NMFC? Nuveen California Municipal Va has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Mountain Finance has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryNew Mountain Finance beats Nuveen California Municipal Va on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Nuveen California Municipal Va News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NCA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart NCA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNuveen California Municipal VaFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$288.22M$3.98B$12.64B$21.39BDividend Yield2.02%6.15%5.40%3.50%P/E RatioN/AN/A231.7829.42Price / SalesN/A31.1331.0483.14Price / CashN/A18.0522.1224.61Price / BookN/A1.212.294.54Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$999.91M7 Day Performance1.99%2.02%1.15%0.86%1 Month Performance1.10%3.27%4.03%5.13%1 Year Performance-4.55%3.79%543.10%16.56% Nuveen California Municipal Va Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NCANuveen California Municipal VaN/A$8.71+0.6%N/A-5.0%$288.22MN/A0.00N/APositive NewsNMFCNew Mountain Finance2.9367 of 5 stars$10.50-0.6%$10.75+2.4%-13.3%$1.12B$371.67M13.82N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance2.4356 of 5 stars$15.61-0.3%$16.50+5.7%-7.0%$1.01B$292.65M9.401,000News CoveragePositive NewsPFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.0809 of 5 stars$10.19-1.0%$10.88+6.8%-10.7%$1.01B$89.89M7.28658Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↑BBDCBarings Bdc1.9551 of 5 stars$9.43-0.1%$9.67+2.5%-2.9%$991.66M$286.17M9.8226News CoverageAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$11.26-0.3%N/A+1.2%$971.04M$70.19M0.00N/AHQHabrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$16.80-0.1%N/A-9.5%$904.58MN/A0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsShort Interest ↓ASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$39.95-1.3%N/A+111.1%$859.84M$269.17M0.001,100Positive NewsInsider TradeHigh Trading VolumePHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$5.00-0.4%N/A+1.4%$857.46M$103.66M0.00147,000BTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$37.59-0.5%N/A+15.5%$742.10M$158.32M0.002,719Positive NewsCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending3.567 of 5 stars$13.70-1.0%$15.10+10.2%-18.0%$698.15M$232.59M11.42N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsShort Interest ↓ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies New Mountain Finance Competitors Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors Barings Bdc Competitors AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Competitors abrdn Healthcare Investors Competitors ASA Gold and Precious Metals Competitors PIMCO High Income Fund Competitors John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Competitors Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:NCA) was last updated on 9/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhat's the Best Way to Lower RMD Taxes?Turning 73 triggers a key IRS rule: you must begin taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) from certain r...SmartAsset | SponsoredNvidia Times 1,000,000Nvidia’s latest AI chip is a $25,000 powerhouse — with 80 billion transistors and the ability to perform 60 tr...Paradigm Press | SponsoredIRS Wants Another Check on Sept 15th—What If You Could Keep It Instead?On September 15th, the IRS collects another round of quarterly tax payments—targeting self-employed profession...American Alternative | SponsoredGENIUS Act: The Plot to Seize Your Cash?A new law called the GENIUS Act could quietly trigger the most radical shift in American finance in decades. 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