Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV) Competitors

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

Is NUV or ADX more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NUV or ADX?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund received 15 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 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	Outperform Votes 131 65.83%	Underperform Votes 68 34.17%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 146 53.09%	Underperform Votes 129 46.91%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, NUV or ADX?

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
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NUV or ADX?

17.3% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.8% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is NUV or ADX a better dividend stock?

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%.

Do analysts prefer NUV or ADX?

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)	N/A
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor NUV or ADX?

In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 0 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Value Fund. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Adams Diversified Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	Neutral
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, NUV or ADX?

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Adams Diversified Equity Fund beats Nuveen Municipal Value Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.