Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV) Competitors

DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) and Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NUV) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DNP or NUV?

8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, DNP or NUV?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DNP Select Income Fund	$864.48M	4.18	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is DNP or NUV a better dividend stock?

DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%.

Is DNP or NUV more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, DNP or NUV?

DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DNP or NUV?

In the previous week, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund had 1 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Value Fund and 1 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's score of 1.22 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DNP Select Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund beats DNP Select Income Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.