BCV vs. NQP, PPT, RCS, RFI, PMO, PMM, FUND, TOYO, PIM, and MHF
Should you be buying Bancroft Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bancroft Fund include Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Putnam Mun Oppo (PMO), Putnam Managed (PMM), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), TOYO (TOYO), Putnam Mast Int (PIM), and Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund (MHF). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.
Bancroft Fund vs. Its Competitors
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NQP) and Bancroft Fund (NYSE:BCV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
30.6% of Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.4% of Bancroft Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Bancroft Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bancroft Fund has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Bancroft Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund and 0 mentions for Bancroft Fund. Bancroft Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund's score of -1.33 indicating that Bancroft Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Bancroft Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%.
Summary
Bancroft Fund beats Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BCV) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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