Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXN) Competitors

Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXN) and MFS Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE:MIN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

Is NXN or MIN more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A
MFS Intermediate Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is NXN or MIN a better dividend stock?

Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. MFS Intermediate Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NXN or MIN?

50.9% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned 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 NXN or MIN?

In the previous week, MFS Intermediate Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MFS Intermediate Income Trust and 2 mentions for Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio. MFS Intermediate Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's score of 0.80 indicating that MFS Intermediate Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MFS Intermediate Income Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NXN or MIN?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	$1.68M	45.31	N/A	N/A	N/A
MFS Intermediate Income Trust	$24.59M	12.33	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, NXN or MIN?

Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Intermediate Income Trust has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MFS Intermediate Income Trust beats Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.