NMI vs. BCV, SSSS, NMT, SWZ, MGF, NXC, JEQ, KSM, PCM, and PFO
Should you be buying Nuveen Municipal Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuveen Municipal Income Fund include Bancroft Fund (BCV), SuRo Capital (SSSS), Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT), The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF), Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXC), Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (JEQ), DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (KSM), PCM Fund (PCM), and Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Bancroft Fund (NYSE:BCV) and Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NMI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
Bancroft Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Nuveen Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Bancroft Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Nuveen Municipal Income Fund has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund received 16 more outperform votes than Bancroft Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Nuveen Municipal Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Bancroft Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Income Fund and 0 mentions for Bancroft Fund. Bancroft Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Nuveen Municipal Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Nuveen Municipal Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bancroft Fund has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
22.4% of Bancroft Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Nuveen Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Bancroft Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund beats Bancroft Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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