Nuveen California Municipal Va (NCA) Competitors $8.54 +0.02 (+0.23%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$8.54 0.00 (-0.06%) As of 04:04 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock NCA vs. NMFC, BBDC, BCSF, PFLT, AWF, HQH, PHK, ASA, BTO, and CGBDShould you be buying Nuveen California Municipal Va stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuveen California Municipal Va include New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Barings Bdc (BBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), and Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Nuveen California Municipal Va vs. Its Competitors New Mountain Finance Barings Bdc Bain Capital Specialty Finance PennantPark Floating Rate Capital AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund abrdn Healthcare Investors PIMCO High Income Fund ASA Gold and Precious Metals John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Carlyle Secured Lending Nuveen California Municipal Va (NYSE:NCA) and New Mountain Finance (NASDAQ:NMFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment. Does the media prefer NCA or NMFC? In the previous week, New Mountain Finance had 1 more articles in the media than Nuveen California Municipal Va. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for New Mountain Finance and 0 mentions for Nuveen California Municipal Va. New Mountain Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Nuveen California Municipal Va's score of 0.00 indicating that New Mountain Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Nuveen California Municipal Va Neutral New Mountain Finance Positive Do analysts rate NCA or NMFC? New Mountain Finance has a consensus target price of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 1.99%. Given New Mountain Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe New Mountain Finance is more favorable than Nuveen California Municipal Va.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Nuveen California Municipal Va 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00New Mountain Finance 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NCA or NMFC? 21.5% of Nuveen California Municipal Va shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.1% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen California Municipal Va shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is NCA or NMFC a better dividend stock? Nuveen California Municipal Va pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. New Mountain Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. New Mountain Finance pays out 168.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NCA or NMFC? New Mountain Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen California Municipal Va. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNuveen California Municipal VaN/AN/AN/AN/AN/ANew Mountain Finance$371.67M3.02$113.44M$0.7613.87 Is NCA or NMFC more profitable? New Mountain Finance has a net margin of 23.27% compared to Nuveen California Municipal Va's net margin of 0.00%. New Mountain Finance's return on equity of 10.43% beat Nuveen California Municipal Va's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Nuveen California Municipal VaN/A N/A N/A New Mountain Finance 23.27%10.43%4.32% Which has more risk & volatility, NCA or NMFC? Nuveen California Municipal Va has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Mountain Finance has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryNew Mountain Finance beats Nuveen California Municipal Va on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Nuveen California Municipal Va News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NCA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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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.Skip Chart NCA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNuveen California Municipal VaFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$282.76M$3.87B$12.42B$21.20BDividend Yield2.04%6.19%5.42%3.48%P/E RatioN/AN/A228.8029.02Price / SalesN/A25.2731.5050.23Price / CashN/A18.0019.0618.29Price / BookN/A1.152.294.57Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.00B$999.06M7 Day Performance0.41%0.20%-0.16%-0.01%1 Month Performance0.41%2.30%4.09%6.50%1 Year Performance-4.79%1.02%540.35%11.34% Nuveen California Municipal Va Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NCANuveen California Municipal VaN/A$8.54+0.2%N/A-5.0%$282.76MN/A0.00N/ANMFCNew Mountain Finance2.6754 of 5 stars$10.54-1.1%$10.75+2.0%-13.4%$1.12B$371.67M13.87N/APositive NewsBBDCBarings Bdc2.5004 of 5 stars$9.85-0.5%$9.67-1.9%-1.4%$1.04B$286.17M10.2626News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.9804 of 5 stars$15.60-1.4%$16.50+5.8%-7.6%$1.01B$292.65M9.401,000Positive NewsPFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.269 of 5 stars$10.19-0.8%$10.88+6.7%-9.3%$1.01B$89.89M7.28658News CoveragePositive NewsShort Interest ↑AWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$11.27-0.1%N/A+0.9%$971.38MN/A0.00N/ANews CoverageShort Interest ↑HQHabrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$16.62+0.5%N/A-12.8%$894.88MN/A0.00147,000Positive NewsShort Interest ↓PHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.96-0.1%N/A+2.2%$849.73MN/A0.00147,000News CoverageASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$38.55+2.4%N/A+93.0%$829.49MN/A0.001,100Positive NewsShort Interest ↑Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeBTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$37.11-1.5%N/A+12.7%$732.55MN/A0.002,719Positive NewsShort Interest ↓CGBDCarlyle Secured Lending2.6054 of 5 stars$13.84-1.1%$15.10+9.1%-17.6%$705.29M$232.59M11.53N/APositive NewsShort Interest ↓ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies New Mountain Finance Competitors Barings Bdc Competitors Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Competitors abrdn Healthcare Investors Competitors PIMCO High Income Fund Competitors ASA Gold and Precious Metals Competitors John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Competitors Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:NCA) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMan Who Called Nvidia at $1.10 Says Buy This Now...In 2004, one man called Nvidia before just about anyone knew it existed. 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