Nuveen California Municipal Va (NCA) Competitors $8.67 +0.05 (+0.58%) As of 03:30 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock NCA vs. NMFC, PFLT, BCSF, BBDC, AWF, HQH, PHK, CGBD, ASA, and BTOShould 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), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings Bdc (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Nuveen California Municipal Va vs. Its Competitors New Mountain Finance PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Bain Capital Specialty Finance Barings Bdc AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund abrdn Healthcare Investors PIMCO High Income Fund Carlyle Secured Lending ASA Gold and Precious Metals John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund New Mountain Finance (NASDAQ:NMFC) and Nuveen California Municipal Va (NYSE:NCA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk. Do analysts recommend NMFC or NCA? New Mountain Finance presently has a consensus target price of $10.67, indicating a potential downside of 0.26%. Given New Mountain Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe New Mountain Finance is more favorable than Nuveen California Municipal Va.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score New Mountain Finance 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Nuveen California Municipal Va 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NMFC or NCA? 32.1% of New Mountain Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.5% of Nuveen California Municipal Va shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of New Mountain Finance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen California Municipal Va shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NMFC or NCA? New Mountain Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen California Municipal Va. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNew Mountain Finance$371.67M3.10$113.44M$1.0010.70Nuveen California Municipal VaN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A Is NMFC or NCA more profitable? New Mountain Finance has a net margin of 29.84% compared to Nuveen California Municipal Va's net margin of 0.00%. New Mountain Finance's return on equity of 10.57% beat Nuveen California Municipal Va's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets New Mountain Finance29.84% 10.57% 4.35% Nuveen California Municipal Va N/A N/A N/A Does the media refer more to NMFC or NCA? In the previous week, New Mountain Finance had 3 more articles in the media than Nuveen California Municipal Va. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for New Mountain Finance and 0 mentions for Nuveen California Municipal Va. New Mountain Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Nuveen California Municipal Va's score of 0.00 indicating that New Mountain Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment New Mountain Finance Positive Nuveen California Municipal Va Neutral Is NMFC or NCA a better dividend stock? New Mountain Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Nuveen California Municipal Va pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. New Mountain Finance pays out 128.0% 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 more risk and volatility, NMFC or NCA? New Mountain Finance has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen California Municipal Va has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% 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. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NCA 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 VaFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$287.06M$3.73B$12.06B$20.62BDividend Yield2.69%6.81%5.58%3.77%P/E RatioN/AN/A20.0828.04Price / SalesN/A16.5025.7037.11Price / CashN/A17.4321.3421.91Price / BookN/A1.172.284.59Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$1.00B$985.44M7 Day Performance2.30%1.66%2.31%2.91%1 Month Performance2.91%2.96%4.37%5.47%1 Year Performance-0.12%2.91%541.13%14.61% Nuveen California Municipal Va Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NCANuveen California Municipal VaN/A$8.67+0.6%N/A-0.3%$287.06MN/A0.00N/ANMFCNew Mountain Finance1.7137 of 5 stars$10.38+0.9%$10.67+2.8%-13.9%$1.12B$371.67M10.38N/APositive NewsPFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.3949 of 5 stars$10.19+0.5%$11.08+8.8%-9.6%$1.01B$84.09M7.28658BCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.2797 of 5 stars$14.87+0.9%$16.50+11.0%-8.2%$964.29M$292.65M8.541,000News CoverageBBDCBarings Bdc2.692 of 5 stars$9.06+1.2%$9.67+6.8%-5.6%$954.91M$286.17M9.6426AWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.91-0.1%N/A+5.3%$940.77MN/A0.00N/AHQHabrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$15.33+1.2%N/A-10.4%$825.40MN/A0.00147,000Positive NewsPHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.75-0.1%N/A-0.6%$813.72MN/A0.00147,000News CoverageCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending1.1692 of 5 stars$13.94+1.7%$14.75+5.8%-23.5%$710.33M$232.59M10.33N/AEx-DividendASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$31.74-3.3%N/A+79.8%$682.94MN/A0.001,100BTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$33.94+1.7%N/A+26.7%$669.88MN/A0.002,719 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies New Mountain Finance Competitors PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors Barings Bdc Competitors AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Competitors abrdn Healthcare Investors Competitors PIMCO High Income Fund Competitors Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors ASA Gold and Precious Metals Competitors John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund 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 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHere's the last trade you should make before heading out for the weekend tomorrow.Make this one trade at 2:59 PM on Friday afternoon, and you'll thank me on Monday morning.Timothy Sykes | SponsoredThis Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just TriggeredThis same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in cryp...Crypto Swap Profits | SponsoredMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredTrump’s New Order Could Boost Social Security Benefits by 400%If you collect—or plan to collect—Social Security, you need to see this. 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