Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP) Competitors

Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (NYSE:VMO) and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Is VMO or NXP a better dividend stock?

Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%.

Is VMO or NXP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate VMO or NXP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

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

42.6% of Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust 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 Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VMO or NXP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VMO or NXP?

Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust received 98 more outperform votes than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.42% of users gave Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust an outperform vote while only 63.96% of users gave Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust	Outperform Votes 169 70.42%	Underperform Votes 71 29.58%
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	Outperform Votes 71 63.96%	Underperform Votes 40 36.04%

Which has more risk and volatility, VMO or NXP?

Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to VMO or NXP?

In the previous week, Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust and Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's score of 0.00 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
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust beats Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.