Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NUV or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	$1.60B	3.98	$741.06M	$1.51	8.24

Which has more volatility and risk, NUV or OBDC?

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NUV or OBDC a better dividend stock?

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 98.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blue Owl Capital has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Blue Owl Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NUV or OBDC?

22.5% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer NUV or OBDC?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 3 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Value Fund. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 1.04 indicating that Nuveen Municipal Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blue Owl Capital	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer NUV or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has a consensus target price of $15.21, indicating a potential upside of 22.30%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11

Is NUV or OBDC more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 38.29% compared to Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 11.24% beat Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	38.29%	11.24%	4.82%

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats Nuveen Municipal Value Fund on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.