Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund (NNY) Competitors

Eagle Point Credit (NYSE:ECC) and Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NNY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ECC or NNY?

Eagle Point Credit has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eagle Point Credit	$97.61M	5.94	$118.75M	-$0.40	-18.84
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund	$9.81M	15.62	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ECC or NNY?

19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.6% of Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, ECC or NNY?

Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ECC or NNY more profitable?

Eagle Point Credit has a net margin of 44.67% compared to Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Eagle Point Credit's return on equity of 12.53% beat Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eagle Point Credit	44.67%	12.53%	8.84%
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to ECC or NNY?

In the previous week, Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Eagle Point Credit. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund and 0 mentions for Eagle Point Credit. Eagle Point Credit's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that Eagle Point Credit is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Eagle Point Credit	Neutral
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund	Negative

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ECC or NNY?

Eagle Point Credit received 181 more outperform votes than Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.03% of users gave Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund an outperform vote while only 68.27% of users gave Eagle Point Credit an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eagle Point Credit	Outperform Votes 284 68.27%	Underperform Votes 132 31.73%
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund	Outperform Votes 103 72.03%	Underperform Votes 40 27.97%

Is ECC or NNY a better dividend stock?

Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.3%. Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Eagle Point Credit pays out -420.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend ECC or NNY?

Eagle Point Credit presently has a consensus target price of $8.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.02%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Eagle Point Credit is more favorable than Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eagle Point Credit	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Eagle Point Credit beats Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.