Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI) Competitors

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) and Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NMI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking and risk.

Which has better valuation and earnings, TYG or NMI?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate TYG or NMI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer TYG or NMI?

In the previous week, Nuveen Municipal Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Income Fund and 1 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. Nuveen Municipal Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's score of 0.80 indicating that Tortoise Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TYG or NMI?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure received 227 more outperform votes than Nuveen Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.43% of users gave Tortoise Energy Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave Nuveen Municipal Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 243 69.43%	Underperform Votes 107 30.57%
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund	Outperform Votes 16 61.54%	Underperform Votes 10 38.46%

Which has more risk and volatility, TYG or NMI?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TYG or NMI more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TYG or NMI?

32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Nuveen Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TYG or NMI a better dividend stock?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Nuveen Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Nuveen Municipal Income Fund has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Summary

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure beats Nuveen Municipal Income Fund on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.