Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM) Competitors

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) and Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NYSE:NIM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.

Is TYG or NIM a better dividend stock?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $4.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%.

Does the media refer more to TYG or NIM?

In the previous week, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	Neutral
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, TYG or NIM?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	$214.33M	2.15	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund	$2.03M	55.54	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is TYG or NIM more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TYG or NIM?

32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.2% of Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, TYG or NIM?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TYG or NIM?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure received 243 more outperform votes than Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 243 69.43%	Underperform Votes 107 30.57%
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund	N/A	N/A

Summary

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure beats Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.