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Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI) Competitors

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$9.98 -0.04 (-0.40%)
As of 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern

NMI vs. MVF, SAR, HQL, LEO, MYN, KTF, ZTR, JOF, ASG, and MIN

Should you be buying Nuveen Municipal Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuveen Municipal Income Fund include BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Saratoga Investment (SAR), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Virtus Total Return Fund (ZTR), Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), and MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Nuveen Municipal Income Fund vs. Its Competitors

BlackRock MuniVest Fund (NYSE:MVF) and Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NMI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.

48.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Nuveen Municipal Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniVest FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Nuveen Municipal Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, BlackRock MuniVest Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Nuveen Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BlackRock MuniVest Fund and 3 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Income Fund. BlackRock MuniVest Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Nuveen Municipal Income Fund's score of 0.53 indicating that BlackRock MuniVest Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BlackRock MuniVest Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Nuveen Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%.

BlackRock MuniVest Fund has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock MuniVest FundN/A N/A N/A
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund N/A N/A N/A

Summary

BlackRock MuniVest Fund beats Nuveen Municipal Income Fund on 5 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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NMI vs. The Competition

MetricNuveen Municipal Income FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$102.69M$3.72B$12.09B$20.68B
Dividend Yield3.01%6.77%5.53%3.71%
P/E RatioN/AN/A20.0428.10
Price / SalesN/A19.4225.6838.27
Price / CashN/A17.7521.6822.53
Price / BookN/A1.172.284.58
Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$1.00B$986.06M
7 Day Performance0.45%1.51%2.25%2.79%
1 Month Performance1.63%2.65%4.63%5.46%
1 Year Performance0.71%2.89%538.61%15.06%

Nuveen Municipal Income Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NMI
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund
N/A$9.98
-0.4%
N/A+0.8%$102.69MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.58
+0.6%
N/A-8.9%$394.45MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.7471 of 5 stars
$24.81
+0.5%
$24.25
-2.3%
+11.2%$379.20M$148.85M12.163,211Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
HQL
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$12.80
+0.2%
N/A-8.7%$368.99MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
LEO
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals
N/A$5.91
+1.5%
N/A-2.3%$362.53MN/A0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.51
+0.6%
N/A-8.4%$362.06MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
KTF
DWS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$8.83
+0.3%
N/A-7.2%$344.72MN/A0.00N/A
ZTR
Virtus Total Return Fund
N/A$6.22
+0.5%
N/A+14.5%$343.85MN/A0.00N/APositive News
JOF
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
N/A$9.66
-0.8%
N/A+29.1%$343.08MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
ASG
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund
N/A$5.47
+0.6%
N/A+2.0%$316.81MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
MIN
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
N/A$2.71
+0.7%
N/A-0.4%$306.69M$24.59M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Cut

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