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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

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 7.8%.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	$37.92M	10.92	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer NIM or MCI?

In the previous week, Barings Corporate Investors had 5 more articles in the media than Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Barings Corporate Investors and 0 mentions for Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund. Barings Corporate Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.43 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	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in NIM or MCI?

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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

Which has more volatility and risk, NIM or MCI?

Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Barings Corporate Investors beats Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.