NCA vs. MFIC, MUC, SLRC, MQY, HQH, MYI, PHK, NXP, MUJ, and PEO
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 MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), and Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) and Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NCA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 86.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MidCap Financial Investment has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 4 more articles in the media than Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 3 mentions for Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund. MidCap Financial Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund's score of 0.36 indicating that Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund.
MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 41.19% compared to MidCap Financial Investment's net margin of 0.00%. Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund's return on equity of 11.51% beat MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity.
28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.5% of Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MidCap Financial Investment presently has a consensus price target of $15.25, indicating a potential downside of 3.48%. Given Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund.
Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund received 118 more outperform votes than MidCap Financial Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.74% of users gave Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund an outperform vote while only 31.25% of users gave MidCap Financial Investment an outperform vote.
Summary
MidCap Financial Investment beats Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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