Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV) Competitors

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NPV) and Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NPV or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	$18.93M	11.32	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	$99.28M	8.34	$92.28M	$1.62	10.03

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NPV or CGBD?

11.7% of Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor NPV or CGBD?

In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 3 more articles in the media than Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 1 mentions for Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund's score of 0.59 indicating that Carlyle Secured Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carlyle Secured Lending	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NPV or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending received 71 more outperform votes than Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.04% of users gave Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund an outperform vote while only 56.33% of users gave Carlyle Secured Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	Outperform Votes 116 63.04%	Underperform Votes 68 36.96%
Carlyle Secured Lending	Outperform Votes 187 56.33%	Underperform Votes 145 43.67%

Is NPV or CGBD more profitable?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 40.69% compared to Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 12.60% beat Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	40.69%	12.60%	5.77%

Do analysts rate NPV or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.62%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Carlyle Secured Lending	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33

Which has more volatility and risk, NPV or CGBD?

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NPV or CGBD a better dividend stock?

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 98.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Carlyle Secured Lending beats Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.