JEQ vs. NXC, DTF, SSSS, BCV, CEV, NMI, GCV, NMT, MGF, and EEA
Should you be buying Abrdn Japan Equity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abrdn Japan Equity Fund include Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXC), DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund (DTF), SuRo Capital (SSSS), Bancroft Fund (BCV), Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (CEV), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund (GCV), Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF), and The European Equity Fund (EEA). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXC) and Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (NYSE:JEQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.
Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abrdn Japan Equity Fund has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Abrdn Japan Equity Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Abrdn Japan Equity Fund and 0 mentions for Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio. Abrdn Japan Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio'saverage media sentiment score.
11.9% of Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Abrdn Japan Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.1% of Abrdn Japan Equity Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Abrdn Japan Equity Fund received 49 more outperform votes than Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users.
Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Abrdn Japan Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Abrdn Japan Equity Fund beats Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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