JEQ vs. NXC, SSSS, BCV, DTF, CEV, NMI, GCV, NMT, SWZ, and MGF
Should you be buying Abrdn Japan Equity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abrdn Japan Equity Fund include Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXC), SuRo Capital (SSSS), Bancroft Fund (BCV), DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund (DTF), Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (CEV), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund (GCV), Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT), The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), and MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (NYSE:JEQ) and Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
Abrdn Japan Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%.
62.7% of Abrdn Japan Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.9% of Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.1% of Abrdn Japan Equity Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Abrdn Japan Equity Fund and Abrdn Japan Equity Fund both had 1 articles in the media. Abrdn Japan Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's score of -0.20 indicating that Abrdn Japan Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Abrdn Japan Equity Fund received 49 more outperform votes than Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users.
Abrdn Japan Equity Fund has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Abrdn Japan Equity Fund beats Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio on 6 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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