TDF vs. NPV, OXSQ, BKN, EMF, TSI, INSI, MVT, MQT, FUND, and MPV
Should you be buying Templeton Dragon Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Templeton Dragon Fund include Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV), Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), Insight Select Income Fund (INSI), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), and Barings Participation Investors (MPV). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NPV) and Templeton Dragon Fund (NYSE:TDF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
11.7% of Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Templeton Dragon Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Templeton Dragon Fund received 21 more outperform votes than Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.54% of users gave Templeton Dragon Fund an outperform vote while only 63.04% of users gave Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund an outperform vote.
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Templeton Dragon Fund has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund and Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund both had 1 articles in the media. Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Templeton Dragon Fund's score of 0.59 indicating that Templeton Dragon Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Templeton Dragon Fund beats Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund on 4 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.
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