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Bancroft Fund (BCV) Competitors

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$19.76 +0.01 (+0.03%)
Closing price 03:53 PM Eastern
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$19.78 +0.02 (+0.08%)
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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Bancroft Fund$13.37M8.67N/AN/AN/A

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income FundN/A N/A N/A
Bancroft Fund N/A N/A N/A

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund Negative
Bancroft Fund Neutral

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BCV vs. The Competition

MetricBancroft FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$115.86M$39.06B$12.38B$21.13B
Dividend Yield6.52%3.49%5.53%3.58%
P/E RatioN/A16.1619.0627.87
Price / Sales8.679.3026.3459.63
Price / CashN/AN/A21.8123.02
Price / BookN/AN/A2.274.69
Net IncomeN/AN/A$997.25M$995.51M
7 Day Performance0.71%2.78%0.89%1.64%
1 Month Performance5.84%4.06%4.37%5.92%
1 Year Performance23.84%11.09%540.78%11.50%

Bancroft Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCV
Bancroft Fund
N/A$19.77
+0.0%
N/A+25.1%$115.86M$13.37M0.00N/A
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.06
+0.1%
N/A-12.7%$411.71M$32.93M0.00147,000Negative News
Insider Trade
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.67
-0.1%
N/A+0.3%$352.83MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$7.06
-0.4%
N/A+6.7%$329.12MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
RFI
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund
N/A$12.07
+1.5%
N/A+0.2%$322.17M$17.51M0.00N/A
PMO
Putnam Mun Oppo
N/A$9.93
+0.7%
N/A-6.3%$315.87MN/A0.00801
PMM
Putnam Managed
N/A$5.95
+0.1%
N/A-5.3%$276.03MN/A0.00N/A
FUND
Sprott Focus Trust
N/A$7.80
flat
N/A-0.6%$232.48M$2.30M0.00N/APositive News
TOYO
TOYO
N/A$3.60
-1.4%
N/A+58.7%$165.96M$176.96M0.00N/A
PIM
Putnam Mast Int
N/A$3.34
-0.6%
N/A+1.2%$161.46MN/A0.00N/A
MHF
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund
N/A$6.90
-0.7%
N/A-3.9%$149.52MN/A0.00N/A

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This page (NYSE:BCV) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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