NCA vs. RCS, PMM, MIN, MMT, WHF, RFI, ASG, BKT, PMO, and MHN
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 PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (NYSE:RCS) and Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NCA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. PIMCO Strategic Income Fund has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund received 19 more outperform votes than Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave PIMCO Strategic Income Fund an outperform vote while only 64.74% of users gave Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund an outperform vote.
13.5% of PIMCO Strategic Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.5% of Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund had 1 more articles in the media than PIMCO Strategic Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund and 0 mentions for PIMCO Strategic Income Fund. PIMCO Strategic Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund beats PIMCO Strategic Income Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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