NCA vs. WHF, MIN, RFI, ASG, PMM, PMO, MHN, MMT, RCS, and MIY
Should you be buying Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund include WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), and BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF) and Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NCA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
WhiteHorse Finance has a net margin of 18.40% compared to WhiteHorse Finance's net margin of 0.00%. Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund's return on equity of 13.40% beat WhiteHorse Finance's return on equity.
WhiteHorse Finance received 195 more outperform votes than Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.74% of users gave Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave WhiteHorse Finance an outperform vote.
13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.5% of Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
WhiteHorse Finance currently has a consensus price target of $12.81, indicating a potential downside of 0.91%. Given Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund.
WhiteHorse Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund.
WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. WhiteHorse Finance pays out 187.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. WhiteHorse Finance has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
In the previous week, WhiteHorse Finance had 7 more articles in the media than Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance and 3 mentions for Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund. WhiteHorse Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund's score of 0.39 indicating that Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
WhiteHorse Finance beats Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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