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BXSL vs NUV

Side-by-side comparison of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) and Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc. (NUV): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BXSL and NUV operate in Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • BXSL is the larger of the two at $4.98B, about 2.4x NUV ($2.07B).
  • BXSL has hit the wire 2 times in the past 4 weeks while NUV has been quiet.
  • BXSL has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for NUV).
MetricBXSLNUV
Company
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc.
Price
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-
Market cap
$4.98B
$2.07B
1M return
-
-
1Y return
-
-
Sector
Finance
Finance
Industry
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2021
1987
News (4w)
2
0
Recent ratings
25
0
BXSL

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Company”), is a Delaware statutory trust formed on March 26, 2018, and structured as an externally managed, non-diversified closed-end investment company. On October 26, 2018, the Company elected to be regulated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). In addition, the Company elected to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as a regulated investment company (“RIC”), as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Company also intends to continue to comply with the requirements prescribed by the Code in order to maintain tax treatment as a RIC. The Company's investment objectives are to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. The Company seeks to achieve its investment objective primarily through originated loans and other securities, including syndicated loans, of private U.S. companies, specifically small and middle market companies, typically in the form of first lien senior secured and unitranche loans (including first out/last out loans), and to a lesser extent, second lien, third lien, unsecured and subordinated loans and other debt and equity securities..

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.

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