HERZ vs. NNY, MSD, BANX, ECF, JHS, GGT, NAZ, KF, CXE, and GECC
Should you be buying Herzfeld Credit Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Herzfeld Credit Income Fund include Nuveen New York Municipal Valu (NNY), Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund (MSD), ArrowMark Financial (BANX), Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF), John Hancock Income Securities Trust (JHS), Gabelli Multimedia Trust (GGT), Nuveen Arizona Quality Municipal Income Fund (NAZ), The Korea Fund (KF), MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE), and Great Elm Capital Group (GECC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Herzfeld Credit Income Fund vs. Its Competitors
Nuveen New York Municipal Valu (NYSE:NNY) and Herzfeld Credit Income Fund (NASDAQ:HERZ) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Nuveen New York Municipal Valu pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Herzfeld Credit Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.0%. Nuveen New York Municipal Valu has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
22.5% of Nuveen New York Municipal Valu shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.7% of Herzfeld Credit Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen New York Municipal Valu shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.8% of Herzfeld Credit Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Herzfeld Credit Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Nuveen New York Municipal Valu. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Herzfeld Credit Income Fund and 1 mentions for Nuveen New York Municipal Valu. Herzfeld Credit Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Nuveen New York Municipal Valu's score of 0.67 indicating that Herzfeld Credit Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nuveen New York Municipal Valu has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Herzfeld Credit Income Fund has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Herzfeld Credit Income Fund beats Nuveen New York Municipal Valu on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HERZ) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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