Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXN) Competitors

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (NYSE:JOF) and Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, JOF or NXN?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	$38.39M	7.10	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	$3.24M	23.05	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is JOF or NXN more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to JOF or NXN?

In the previous week, Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund and 1 mentions for Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio. Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's score of 0.80 indicating that Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	Very Positive
Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JOF or NXN?

Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio received 81 more outperform votes than Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	N/A	N/A
Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	Outperform Votes 81 59.12%	Underperform Votes 56 40.88%

Is JOF or NXN a better dividend stock?

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%.

Which has more volatility and risk, JOF or NXN?

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund beats Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.