Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB) Competitors

Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NNY) and Investcorp Credit Management BDC (NASDAQ:ICMB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NNY or ICMB?

Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund received 75 more outperform votes than Investcorp Credit Management BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.03% of users gave Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund an outperform vote while only 43.75% of users gave Investcorp Credit Management BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund	Outperform Votes 103 72.03%	Underperform Votes 40 27.97%
Investcorp Credit Management BDC	Outperform Votes 28 43.75%	Underperform Votes 36 56.25%

Which has better valuation & earnings, NNY or ICMB?

Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Investcorp Credit Management BDC.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund	$9.81M	15.82	N/A	N/A	N/A
Investcorp Credit Management BDC	$11.43M	3.81	-$4.09M	$0.44	6.86

Which has more risk & volatility, NNY or ICMB?

Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor NNY or ICMB?

In the previous week, Investcorp Credit Management BDC had 3 more articles in the media than Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Investcorp Credit Management BDC and 1 mentions for Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund. Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Investcorp Credit Management BDC's score of 1.03 indicating that Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Investcorp Credit Management BDC	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NNY or ICMB?

22.6% of Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NNY or ICMB more profitable?

Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a net margin of 18.53% compared to Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC's return on equity of 9.83% beat Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Investcorp Credit Management BDC	18.53%	9.83%	3.71%

Is NNY or ICMB a better dividend stock?

Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.9%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays out 109.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Investcorp Credit Management BDC has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

Investcorp Credit Management BDC beats Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.