Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP) Competitors

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PTY) and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXP) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PTY or NXP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	$230.95M	10.33	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	$75.19M	8.59	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor PTY or NXP?

In the previous week, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund both had 2 articles in the media. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's score of 0.40 indicating that PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is PTY or NXP a better dividend stock?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%.

Is PTY or NXP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PTY or NXP?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund received 53 more outperform votes than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote while only 63.96% of users gave Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 124 64.92%	Underperform Votes 67 35.08%
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	Outperform Votes 71 63.96%	Underperform Votes 40 36.04%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PTY or NXP?

10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, PTY or NXP?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund beats Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.