NUV vs. VFL, AWF, ASA, DSM, LEO, EVN, FT, INSI, VCV, and VMO
Should you be buying Nuveen Municipal Value Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund include abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Insight Select Income Fund (INSI), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), and Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) and Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NUV) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%.
In the previous week, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Value Fund and 1 mentions for abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Nuveen Municipal Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
22.5% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of abrdn National Municipal 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.
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund received 131 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund beats abrdn National Municipal Income Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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