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BGT vs NUV

Side-by-side comparison of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT) and Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc. (NUV): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BGT and NUV operate in Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • NUV is the larger of the two at $2.07B, about 6.9x BGT ($299.0M).
  • Over the past year, BGT is down 13.5% and NUV is up 6.0% - NUV leads by 19.5 points.
  • BGT has hit the wire 2 times in the past 4 weeks while NUV has been quiet.
PerformanceBGT-13.50%NUV+6.03%
2025-06-06+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricBGTNUV
Company
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc.
Price
$10.67+0.09%
$9.05+0.00%
Market cap
$299.0M
$2.07B
1M return
-2.65%
-1.42%
1Y return
-13.50%
+6.03%
Industry
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2004
1987
News (4w)
2
0
Recent ratings
0
0
BGT

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust is a close ended fixed income mutual fund launched by BlackRoack Inc. The fund is co-managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC and BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. It invests in the fixed income markets across the globe while focusing on the United States. The fund invests in bonds of companies operating across diversified sectors. It invests in corporate bonds with average effective duration of its portfolio will be no more than 1.5 years. The fund was formerly known as BlackRock Global Floating Rate Income Trust. BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust was formed on August 30, 2004 and is domiciled in the United States.

NUV

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc.

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments, Inc. The fund is co-managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC. It invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. The fund also invests some portion of its portfolio in derivative instruments. It invests in undervalued municipal securities and other related investments the income, exempt from regular federal income taxes that are rated Baa or BBB or better. It employs fundamental analysis with bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Standard & Poor's (S&P) National Municipal Bond Index. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. was formed on April 8, 1987 and is domiciled in the United States.