Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXC) Competitors

Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXC) and BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (NYSE:MIY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NXC or MIY?

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund received 82 more outperform votes than Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund	Outperform Votes 82 69.49%	Underperform Votes 36 30.51%

Is NXC or MIY a better dividend stock?

Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%.

Does the media prefer NXC or MIY?

In the previous week, Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio and Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio both had 1 articles in the media. Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund's score of 0.47 indicating that Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan 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

Which has more volatility & risk, NXC or MIY?

Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate NXC or MIY?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is NXC or MIY more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NXC or MIY?

11.9% of Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.1% of BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NXC or MIY?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	$5.19M	16.74	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund	$18.58M	18.32	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund beats Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.