Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA) Competitors $8.48 -0.06 (-0.70%) Closing price 05/2/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$8.48 -0.01 (-0.06%) As of 05/2/2025 04:05 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, BCSF, MUC, BBDC, AWF, PFLT, HQH, PHK, CGBD, and NXPShould you be buying Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund include New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund vs. New Mountain Finance Bain Capital Specialty Finance BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Barings BDC AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Abrdn Healthcare Investors PIMCO High Income Fund Carlyle Secured Lending Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (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 institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NCA or NMFC? Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund received 117 more outperform votes than New Mountain Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.74% of users gave Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund an outperform vote while only 23.08% of users gave New Mountain Finance an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformNuveen California Municipal Value FundOutperform Votes12364.74% Underperform Votes6735.26% New Mountain FinanceOutperform Votes623.08% Underperform Votes2076.92% Do institutionals & insiders believe in NCA or NMFC? 21.5% of Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund 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 Value Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by company 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 NCA or NMFC more profitable? New Mountain Finance has a net margin of 30.28% compared to Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund's net margin of 0.00%. New Mountain Finance's return on equity of 11.25% beat Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Nuveen California Municipal Value FundN/A N/A N/A New Mountain Finance 30.28%11.25%4.63% Do analysts rate NCA or NMFC? New Mountain Finance has a consensus price target of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.32%. 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 Value Fund.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund 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) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Which has more risk & volatility, NCA or NMFC? Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Mountain Finance has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is NCA or NMFC a better dividend stock? Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. New Mountain Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.8%. New Mountain Finance pays out 123.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Does the media refer more to NCA or NMFC? In the previous week, New Mountain Finance had 7 more articles in the media than Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for New Mountain Finance and 1 mentions for Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund. Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat New Mountain Finance's score of 0.36 indicating that Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund Positive New Mountain Finance Neutral Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NCA or NMFC? New Mountain Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNuveen California Municipal Value Fund$17.68M15.88N/AN/AN/ANew Mountain Finance$123.78M8.69$135.34M$1.049.59 SummaryNew Mountain Finance beats Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund 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. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart NCA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNuveen California Municipal Value FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$280.76M$6.78B$11.27B$19.21BDividend Yield3.45%6.93%5.75%4.01%P/E RatioN/A3.5322.2433.50Price / Sales15.8821.6726.5329.19Price / CashN/A7.5117.5917.52Price / BookN/A0.872.714.55Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance1.19%1.42%1.96%2.27%1 Month Performance-2.81%-0.33%3.55%2.92%1 Year Performance-3.85%1.67%535.30%4.66% Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NCANuveen California Municipal Value FundN/A$8.48-0.7%N/A-2.6%$280.76M$17.68M0.00N/ADividend AnnouncementPositive NewsNMFCNew Mountain Finance2.0403 of 5 stars$10.23+1.0%$10.50+2.6%-21.1%$1.08B$123.78M9.74N/AUpcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑News CoverageBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.5468 of 5 stars$15.52-0.1%$16.50+6.3%-8.0%$1.01B$138.19M7.801,000Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑MUCBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/A$10.40-0.5%N/A-1.6%$998.37M$6.39M0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsBBDCBarings BDC1.352 of 5 stars$8.87+0.1%$9.25+4.3%-7.2%$912.84M$123.59M8.5326Upcoming EarningsNews CoverageAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.51-0.2%N/A+1.7%$906.28M$152.17M0.00N/APFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital2.6463 of 5 stars$10.24+0.8%$11.38+11.1%-10.0%$900.23M$114.06M7.31658Positive NewsHQHAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$16.06+0.4%N/A-1.5%$865.02M$186.46M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑PHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.70-0.2%N/A-0.6%$803.84M$99.89M0.00147,000Short Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending1.473 of 5 stars$15.05+1.8%$15.00-0.3%-14.0%$766.90M$99.28M8.41N/AUpcoming EarningsNXPNuveen Select Tax-Free Income PortfolioN/A$13.93-0.1%N/A-0.2%$652.13M$75.19M0.0040,400Dividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↓Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies New Mountain Finance Competitors Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Competitors Barings BDC Competitors AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Competitors PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors Abrdn Healthcare Investors Competitors PIMCO High Income Fund Competitors Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 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 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s Terrifying Warning Forces Trump To Take ActionElon Musk has avoided two major financial crises before. 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