Nuveen New York Municipal Valu (NNY) Competitors

Nuveen New York Municipal Valu (NYSE:NNY) and Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NNY or CGBD?

22.5% of Nuveen New York Municipal Valu shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen New York Municipal Valu shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is NNY or CGBD a better dividend stock?

Nuveen New York Municipal Valu pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Nuveen New York Municipal Valu has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, NNY or CGBD?

Nuveen New York Municipal Valu has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NNY or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen New York Municipal Valu.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen New York Municipal Valu	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	$232.59M	2.69	$88.98M	$1.20	10.22

Does the media favor NNY or CGBD?

In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 7 more articles in the media than Nuveen New York Municipal Valu. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 0 mentions for Nuveen New York Municipal Valu. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Nuveen New York Municipal Valu's score of 0.00 indicating that Carlyle Secured Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Nuveen New York Municipal Valu	Neutral
Carlyle Secured Lending	Positive

Is NNY or CGBD more profitable?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 29.71% compared to Nuveen New York Municipal Valu's net margin of 0.00%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 9.85% beat Nuveen New York Municipal Valu's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen New York Municipal Valu	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	29.71%	9.85%	4.59%

Do analysts prefer NNY or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus target price of $14.83, suggesting a potential upside of 20.94%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than Nuveen New York Municipal Valu.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nuveen New York Municipal Valu	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Carlyle Secured Lending	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Summary

Carlyle Secured Lending beats Nuveen New York Municipal Valu on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.