Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MCI or NIM?

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

Is MCI or NIM a better dividend stock?

Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%.

Is MCI or NIM more profitable?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, MCI or NIM?

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

Does the media prefer MCI or NIM?

In the previous week, Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund had 4 more articles in the media than Barings Corporate Investors. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund and 0 mentions for Barings Corporate Investors. Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Barings Corporate Investors' score of 0.00 indicating that Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MCI or NIM?

32.2% of Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are owned by 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.

Summary

Barings Corporate Investors and Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.