Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF) Competitors

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (NYSE:JOF) and abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Which has more risk and volatility, JOF or VFL?

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JOF or VFL a better dividend stock?

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JOF or VFL?

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund and abrdn National Municipal Income Fund both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	N/A	N/A
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer JOF or VFL?

In the previous week, Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund both had 1 articles in the media. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's score of -0.50 indicating that abrdn National Municipal Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	Negative
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund	Positive

Do analysts prefer JOF or VFL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is JOF or VFL more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, JOF or VFL?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	$47.71M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund	$9.02M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund and abrdn National Municipal Income Fund tied by winning 2 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.