Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI) Competitors

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (NYSE:MYN) and Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NMI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is MYN or NMI more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is MYN or NMI a better dividend stock?

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Nuveen Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%.

Does the media prefer MYN or NMI?

In the previous week, BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund and BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund both had 2 articles in the media. Nuveen Municipal Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund's score of 0.45 indicating that Nuveen Municipal Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MYN or NMI?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund	$19.20M	19.91	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund	$13.97M	7.09	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, MYN or NMI?

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MYN or NMI?

29.3% of BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Nuveen Municipal Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MYN or NMI?

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund received 129 more outperform votes than Nuveen Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.14% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave Nuveen Municipal Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund	Outperform Votes 145 72.14%	Underperform Votes 56 27.86%
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund	Outperform Votes 16 61.54%	Underperform Votes 10 38.46%

Summary

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund beats Nuveen Municipal Income Fund on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.