Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM) Competitors

Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NYSE:NIM) and Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, NIM or MCI?

Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NIM or MCI?

32.2% of Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NIM or MCI a better dividend stock?

Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%.

Does the media refer more to NIM or MCI?

In the previous week, Barings Corporate Investors had 1 more articles in the media than Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Barings Corporate Investors and 0 mentions for Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund. Barings Corporate Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Barings Corporate Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund	Neutral
Barings Corporate Investors	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, NIM or MCI?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is NIM or MCI more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Barings Corporate Investors beats Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.