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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NPV or ASA?

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

Is NPV or ASA a better dividend stock?

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%.

Which has more risk and volatility, NPV or ASA?

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, NPV or ASA?

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

Does the media refer more to NPV or ASA?

In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals had 15 more articles in the media than Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and 1 mentions for Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund. ASA Gold and Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund's score of 0.00 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)	Neutral
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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

Summary

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund and ASA Gold and Precious Metals tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.