Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund (NNY) Competitors

Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NNY) and Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (NYSE:MMU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NNY or MMU?

Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund received 13 more outperform votes than Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.03% of users gave Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund an outperform vote while only 68.18% of users gave Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund	Outperform Votes 103 72.03%	Underperform Votes 40 27.97%
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	Outperform Votes 90 68.18%	Underperform Votes 42 31.82%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NNY or MMU?

22.6% of Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, NNY or MMU?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is NNY or MMU more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, NNY or MMU?

Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor NNY or MMU?

In the previous week, Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund and 0 mentions for Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund. Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund	Neutral
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund	Very Positive

Is NNY or MMU a better dividend stock?

Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%.

Summary

Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund and Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.