NUV vs. GSBD, USA, TY, GAB, RVT, PTY, STEW, ADX, CET, and QQQX
Should you be buying Nuveen Municipal Value Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund include Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Tri-Continental (TY), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Central Securities (CET), and Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) and Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NUV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Goldman Sachs BDC had 4 more articles in the media than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC and 1 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Value Fund. Goldman Sachs BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's score of 0.52 indicating that Nuveen Municipal Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Goldman Sachs BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund.
Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Goldman Sachs BDC has a net margin of 43.06% compared to Goldman Sachs BDC's net margin of 0.00%. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's return on equity of 15.05% beat Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity.
Goldman Sachs BDC presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.41%. Given Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund.
28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Goldman Sachs BDC received 141 more outperform votes than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.83% of users gave Nuveen Municipal Value Fund an outperform vote while only 56.43% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC an outperform vote.
Summary
Goldman Sachs BDC beats Nuveen Municipal Value Fund on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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