Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV) Competitors

FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) and Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NUV) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FSK or NUV?

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund received 52 more outperform votes than FS KKR Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.83% of users gave Nuveen Municipal Value Fund an outperform vote while only 47.02% of users gave FS KKR Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FS KKR Capital	Outperform Votes 79 47.02%	Underperform Votes 89 52.98%
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	Outperform Votes 131 65.83%	Underperform Votes 68 34.17%

Do analysts rate FSK or NUV?

FS KKR Capital currently has a consensus price target of $19.90, suggesting a potential upside of 1.66%. Given FS KKR Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe FS KKR Capital is more favorable than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FS KKR Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor FSK or NUV?

In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 11 more articles in the media than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 4 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Value Fund. FS KKR Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's score of 0.97 indicating that FS KKR Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FS KKR Capital	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FSK or NUV more profitable?

FS KKR Capital has a net margin of 29.98% compared to Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's net margin of 0.00%. FS KKR Capital's return on equity of 12.31% beat Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FS KKR Capital	29.98%	12.31%	5.47%
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is FSK or NUV a better dividend stock?

FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. FS KKR Capital pays out 122.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk & volatility, FSK or NUV?

FS KKR Capital has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FSK or NUV?

36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of FS KKR Capital 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FSK or NUV?

FS KKR 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
FS KKR Capital	$664M	8.26	$696M	$2.09	9.37
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	$200.53M	8.99	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

FS KKR Capital beats Nuveen Municipal Value Fund on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.