ECF vs. NNY, HNNA, DHF, EMD, RMGC, PUCK, OFED, OCAX, AUBN, and MBTC
Should you be buying Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund include Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund (NNY), Hennessy Advisors (HNNA), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD), RMG Acquisition Corp. III (RMGC), Goal Acquisitions (PUCK), Oconee Federal Financial (OFED), OCA Acquisition (OCAX), Auburn National Bancorporation (AUBN), and Nocturne Acquisition (MBTC).
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (NYSE:ECF) and Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NNY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
35.9% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.6% of Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%.
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund received 103 more outperform votes than Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund and 1 mentions for Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund. Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's score of 0.06 indicating that Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund beats Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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