Nuveen California Municipal Va (NCA) Competitors $8.60 -0.03 (-0.29%) As of 10:11 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock NCA vs. NMFC, PFLT, BBDC, AWF, BCSF, HQH, PHK, ASA, CGBD, 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), Barings Bdc (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), 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 Barings Bdc AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Bain Capital Specialty Finance abrdn Healthcare Investors PIMCO High Income Fund ASA Gold and Precious Metals Carlyle Secured Lending John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Nuveen California Municipal Va (NYSE:NCA) and New Mountain Finance (NASDAQ:NMFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk. Do analysts recommend NCA or NMFC? New Mountain Finance has a consensus target price of $10.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.66%. 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 Which has more volatility & risk, NCA or NMFC? Nuveen California Municipal Va has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Mountain Finance has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. 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 preferable earnings and 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$371.67M3.00$113.44M$0.7613.78 Does the media refer more to NCA or NMFC? In the previous week, New Mountain Finance had 8 more articles in the media than Nuveen California Municipal Va. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for New Mountain Finance and 1 mentions for Nuveen California Municipal Va. Nuveen California Municipal Va's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat New Mountain Finance's score of 0.83 indicating that Nuveen California Municipal Va is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Nuveen California Municipal Va 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive New Mountain Finance 2 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is NCA or NMFC a better dividend stock? Nuveen California Municipal Va pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. New Mountain Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. 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. Do insiders & institutionals 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryNew Mountain Finance beats Nuveen California Municipal Va on 11 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$284.91M$3.90B$12.48B$20.93BDividend Yield2.36%6.59%5.63%3.65%P/E RatioN/AN/A19.6228.68Price / SalesN/A49.9127.3859.61Price / CashN/A17.8821.3222.93Price / BookN/A1.132.245.41Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.00B$994.60M7 Day Performance0.23%1.03%1.80%2.11%1 Month Performance0.17%1.32%1.66%1.09%1 Year Performance-4.81%2.50%544.81%15.53% Nuveen California Municipal Va Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NCANuveen California Municipal VaN/A$8.61-0.3%N/A-5.0%$284.91MN/A0.00N/APositive NewsNMFCNew Mountain Finance2.3157 of 5 stars$10.16-1.7%$10.67+5.0%-13.7%$1.09B$371.67M10.15N/APFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital2.4132 of 5 stars$10.46+0.3%$10.96+4.8%-5.6%$1.04B$84.09M7.47658News CoverageAnalyst ForecastBBDCBarings Bdc2.914 of 5 stars$9.23+0.6%$9.67+4.8%-0.9%$972.41M$286.17M9.8126Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$11.20+0.2%N/A+3.7%$965.35MN/A0.00N/APositive NewsBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.4128 of 5 stars$14.82+1.0%$16.50+11.3%-2.9%$961.37M$292.65M8.521,000HQHabrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$15.83-0.4%N/A-15.5%$852.60MN/A0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsDividend CutPHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.93+0.3%N/A+1.5%$844.59MN/A0.00147,000Positive NewsASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$33.31+3.2%N/A+93.0%$716.72MN/A0.001,100News CoveragePositive NewsInsider TradeCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending2.169 of 5 stars$13.80+0.6%$15.25+10.5%-14.2%$703.25M$232.59M10.22N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionBTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$34.39-0.1%N/A+17.1%$678.85M$142.41M0.002,719 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies New Mountain Finance Competitors PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors Barings Bdc Competitors AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Competitors Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors abrdn Healthcare Investors Competitors PIMCO High Income Fund Competitors ASA Gold and Precious Metals Competitors Carlyle Secured Lending 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 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersYour blueprint for crypto wealthMark August 12th on your calendar. 27 of crypto's most successful minds are about to reveal everything…Crypto 101 Media | SponsoredTrump’s national nightmare is herePorter Stansberry and Jeff Brown say a new U.S. national emergency is already underway — and it could trigger ...Porter & Company | SponsoredThe Robotics Revolution has arrived … and one $7 stock could take off as a result.Something big is brewing in Washington. 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