Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV) Competitors

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NPV) and ASA Gold and Precious Metals (NYSE:ASA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NPV or ASA?

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund received 30 more outperform votes than ASA Gold and Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.49% of users gave ASA Gold and Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 63.04% of users gave Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	Outperform Votes 116 63.04%	Underperform Votes 68 36.96%
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 86 70.49%	Underperform Votes 36 29.51%

Which has more risk and volatility, NPV or ASA?

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NPV or ASA more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NPV or ASA?

11.7% of Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor NPV or ASA?

In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals had 5 more articles in the media than Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and 2 mentions for Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund. ASA Gold and Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund's score of 0.56 indicating that ASA Gold and Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NPV or ASA a better dividend stock?

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%.

Which has better earnings and valuation, NPV or ASA?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	$18.93M	10.67	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	$118.94M	6.09	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

ASA Gold and Precious Metals beats Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.