Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV) Competitors

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NPV) and Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NPV or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund.

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
Carlyle Secured Lending	$232.59M	3.10	$88.98M	$1.35	10.49

Is NPV or CGBD a better dividend stock?

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 118.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is NPV or CGBD more profitable?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 32.72% compared to Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 10.49% beat Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	32.72%	10.49%	4.88%

Which has more volatility and risk, NPV or CGBD?

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor NPV or CGBD?

In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 5 more articles in the media than Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 0 mentions for Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Carlyle Secured Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	Neutral
Carlyle Secured Lending	Positive

Do analysts rate NPV or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus target price of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 4.17%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Carlyle Secured Lending	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NPV or CGBD?

11.7% of Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Carlyle Secured Lending beats Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.