Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP) Competitors

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PTY) and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.

Is PTY or NXP a better dividend stock?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%.

Is PTY or NXP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PTY or NXP?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund received 53 more outperform votes than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote while only 63.96% of users gave Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 124 64.92%	Underperform Votes 67 35.08%
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	Outperform Votes 71 63.96%	Underperform Votes 40 36.04%

Which has more risk and volatility, PTY or NXP?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PTY or NXP?

In the previous week, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund and 3 mentions for Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's score of 0.59 indicating that Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PTY or NXP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	$230.95M	10.79	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	$75.19M	8.71	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PTY or NXP?

10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund beats Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.