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FT vs NUV
Side-by-side comparison of Franklin Universal Trust (FT) and Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc. (NUV): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both FT 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 10.3x FT ($200.3M).
- Over the past year, FT is up 6.3% and NUV is up 6.0% - FT leads by 0.3 points.
- Company
- Franklin Universal Trust
- Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc.
- Price
- $7.96-0.06%
- $9.05-0.55%
- Market cap
- $200.3M
- $2.07B
- 1M return
- -2.21%
- +0.00%
- 1Y return
- +6.28%
- +5.97%
- Industry
- Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
- Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- 1987
- News (4w)
- 0
- 0
- Recent ratings
- 0
- 0
Franklin Universal Trust
Franklin Universal Trust is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund launched by Franklin Resources, Inc. The fund is managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. The fund invests in companies operating in utility sector. It employs fundamental analysis to invest in a diversified portfolio of corporate bonds and dividend paying utility stocks. The fund benchmarks the equity component of its balanced portfolio against the S&P 500 Electric Utilities Index and the fixed component against the Credit Suisse High Yield. Franklin Universal Trust was formed on September 23, 1988 and is domiciled in the United States.
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.
Latest FT
- SEC Form N-CSRS filed by Franklin Universal Trust
- Franklin Universal Trust ("FT" or the "Fund") Announces Portfolio Management Team Update
- Franklin Templeton Announces Distributions for Certain Closed-End Funds for the Months of April, May and June 2026
- SEC Form 40-17F2 filed by Franklin Universal Trust
- SEC Form DEF 14A filed by Franklin Universal Trust
- Franklin Templeton Announces Distributions for Certain Closed-End Funds for the Months of January, February and March 2026
- Franklin Universal Trust ("FT" or the "Fund") Announces Notification of Sources of Distributions
- Franklin Universal Trust ("FT" or the "Fund") Announces Distribution
- Franklin Universal Trust ("FT" or the "Fund") Announces Notification of Sources of Distributions
- SEC Form N-CEN filed by Franklin Universal Trust
Latest NUV
- SEC Form N-2ASR filed by Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc.
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Kleinman Margot
- Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Castro Joseph
- SEC Form N-CEN filed by Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc.
- SEC Form N-CSR filed by Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc.
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Page Robert Tanner
- SEC Form N-PX filed by Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc.
- SEC Form N-CSRS filed by Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc.
- SEC Form DEF 14A filed by Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc.