NIM vs. ECF, PFO, CXE, KSM, PCM, PCF, SWZ, JHI, KF, and MGF Should you be buying Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund include Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO), MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE), DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (KSM), PCM Fund (PCM), High Income Securities Fund (PCF), The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI), The Korea Fund (KF), and MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (NYSE:ECF ) and Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NYSE:NIM ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund and Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund had 4 more articles in the media than Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund and 0 mentions for Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund. Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
35.9% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.2% of Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund beats Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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