NCA vs. MUC, MFIC, SLRC, MQY, HQH, MYI, PHK, VMO, NXP, and MUJ
Should you be buying Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund include BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NCA) and BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (NYSE:MUC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
21.5% of Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund received 123 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%.
Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund and 1 mentions for Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of -0.63 beat Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund beats Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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